COLLISION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
   Usage Example(s)
   • a collision of interests
   Hypernyms(s) collision is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dispute (what does dispute mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
   • difference of opinion (what does difference of opinion mean?)
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • clash (what does clash mean?)
   • jar (what does jar mean?)
   • collide (what does collide mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
   Usage Example(s)
   • three passengers were killed in the collision
   • the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill
   Hypernyms(s) collision is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • accident (what does accident mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fender-bender (what does fender-bender mean?)
   • pileup (what does pileup mean?)
   • smash (what does smash mean?)
   • smash-up (what does smash-up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • collide (what does collide mean?)
   • clash (what does clash mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together
   Synonym(s)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
   Hypernyms(s) collision is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • contact (what does contact mean?)
   • impinging (what does impinging mean?)
   • striking (what does striking mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   • impinge on (what does impinge on mean?)
   • run into (what does run into mean?)
   • collide with (what does collide with mean?)
   • collide (what does collide mean?)
   • clash (what does clash mean?)
   • collide (what does collide mean?)