clash

Definition

  • verb: to be in a situation in which you are fighting or disagreeing
  • verb: to make a clash
  • often + 'between' or 'with'
  • synonyms: babel, discordia, eris

Examples

  • The date of the debate had to be changed because of scheduling 'clashes'. [=(more commonly) 'conflicts']

  • The time of the picnic 'clashes' [=(more commonly) 'conflicts'] 'with' another picnic I'm invited to.

  • We have a personality 'clash'. [=we often annoy each other or disagree; we do not get along]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...not for the king. All his years have been a straight road... ...to this one gleaming moment in destiny... ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... ...sword and bone, and flesh and blood. His only regret... ...is that he has so few (..)
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