COLLIDING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

colliding

verb

present participle of collide

as in clashing

to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform

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as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence

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Recent Examples of colliding Brian Grazer first realized that advertising and entertainment were colliding after a meeting with General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt a decade ago. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 Rookie Keyron Crawford also left practice on Thursday after colliding with Malcolm Koonce in the backfield while rushing the passer. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Anvil is a smaller, faster aircraft designed to destroy hostile drones by colliding with them or detonating nearby. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 In the end, the matchup felt like two eras colliding between two different franchises. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 Special Agent Berger was not involved here, but federal officers accused Redmond of colliding with the back of a car operated by Border Patrol agents. — Conor Wight, CBS News, 30 July 2026 The main way that happens is by colliding electrons and their antimatter partners, positrons. — Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026 The storms are the result of cold air colliding with temperatures in the mid 90s, and a heat index of 106 degrees, forecasters say. — Mark Price july 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026 Miller had been building one of the massive, intricate cameras needed to detect the Higgs boson created by colliding protons. — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

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Rivals for the throne finally clashing arms in an epic battle for the future of the kingdom.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
And despite making a show of clashing with the Pentagon over concerns about the safe deployment of its AI systems, Anthropic also let the military use its Claude AI to select targets in Iran.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of clashing

Verb

But, Alexanian says, policymakers also worry about overregulation slamming the breaks on useful research.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
At that moment, another car came in to merge and seemingly failed to notice the other vehicle stalled, slamming into the back of it.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of slamming

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Where grass grows right up to a tree’s trunk, the lawnmower will inevitably follow, banging and chipping the bark or scalping bark off roots that are exposed above the soil.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
In several municipalities, particularly in Havana, residents staged neighborhood protests after blackouts lasting more than 48 hours, banging pots and pans and burning garbage piled up on street corners.

— Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of banging

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Nick Loftin then doubled in the third before Caglianone hit his 21st homer of the season to right, smashing a hanging slider for a 410-foot shot that induced grumbles from the stands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
The Public Defender's Office said Govindbhai, without double-checking the plate numbers, walked to the driver's side door and struck the window with his baton four times, smashing the glass.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of smashing

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The board have pointed to the team having so many midfielders and the variety of profiles on offer, from the box-crashing Jude Bellingham to the versatile new signing Bernardo Silva.

— Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Nearly two months after suffering a fractured spine and skull, 19-year-old Brandon Mendez is trying to focus on recovering rather than wasting his energy on hating the Perris man accused of intentionally crashing into people in Culver City.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of crashing

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Hamilton, driving a Hyundai Sonata, fled at speeds of up to 130 mph, prompting the trooper to use the ramming technique state police refer to as a tactical vehicle intervention in an attempt to spin Hamilton out and halt him near the 28-mile marker.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026
Trucks and semis from all over the southwest came to Richmound, blaring horns and, in one case, ramming the new fence surrounding the school.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026