to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash:
The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
2.
to clash; conflict:
Their views on the matter collided.
verb (used with object), collided, colliding.
3.
to cause to collide:
drivers colliding their cars in a demolition derby.
Origin
1615-25; < Latincollīdere to strike together, equivalent to col-col-1 + -līdere, combining form of laedere to strike
Synonyms
1. hit, smash, clash.
Examples from the web for collide
As the four streams collide they are forced into a third channel, forming layered droplets as they go.
And we're gonna watch them collide for an entire season.
One is for cosmic rays to collide with stray atoms in interstellar space, producing a shower of particles.
Sometimes these clusters collide and merge with one another.
Where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects.
Basically, he wanted to collide something into a wall at one speed and then double that speed.
Worlds might collide here, were they not held carefully apart by liability insurance and tall fences.
Despite their reputation as static structures, galaxies often collide and morph into peculiar new shapes.
New data seem to show that galaxies collide all the time.
Astronomers think galaxies frequently collide and merge to make bigger galaxies.
British Dictionary definitions for collide
collide
/kəˈlaɪd/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to crash together with a violent impact
2.
to conflict in attitude, opinion, or desire; clash; disagree
Word Origin
C17: from Latin collīdere to clash together, from com- together + laedere to strike, wound
Word Origin and History for collide
v.
1620s, from Latin collidere "strike together," from com- "together" (see com-) + laedere "to strike, injure by striking," of unknown origin. For Latin vowel change, see acquisition. Related: Collided; colliding.