collision

Definition

  • noun: an act of colliding
  • noun: an act or instance of 'colliding'
  • often + 'between' or 'with'
  • synonyms: opposition, conflict, encounter

Examples

  • There was nothing I could do to avoid a 'head-on collision'. [=a crash of two vehicles that are moving directly toward each other]

  • The decision put us 'on a collision course' with economic disaster.

  • He reported on the latest 'collision between' the two leaders.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Get down! Help me turn it off, man. Run! Move it! Run! Ford! Go! Sound the collision alarm. Frame one-eight-zero. We're losing visual, Admiral. He's diving. Changing course and moving fast, I've got him at thirty-three knots and picking up speed. (..)
    2014 Godzilla