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Webster 1913 Edition
Collision
1.
The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
2.
A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
The
collision
of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton.
Syn. – Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collision
COLLISION
,Noun.
1.
The act of striking together; a striking together of two hard bodies.2.
The state of being struck together; a clashing. Hence,3.
Opposition; interference; as a collision of interests or of parties.4.
A running against each other, as ships at sea.Definition 2025
collision
collision
English
Noun
collision (plural collisions)
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
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instance of colliding
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External links
- collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- collision in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911