'Collision' definitions:
Definition of 'collision'
(from WordNet)
noun
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision, hit]
noun
An accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"
noun
A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
Definition of 'Collision'
From: GCIDE
- Collision \Col*li"sion\, n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.]
- 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. [1913 Webster]
- The collision of contrary false principles. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
- Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. --W. Irving.
- Syn: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'collision'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- appulse,
- backlash,
- bad blood,
- belligerence,
- blow,
- brunt,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- calamity,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- carom,
- casualty,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- clash,
- clashing,
- competition,
- concussion,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- contrast,
- contretemps,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crack-up,
- crankiness,
- crash,
- cross-purposes,
- crotchetiness,
- crump,
- crunch,
- demolishment,
- despitefulness,
- destruction,
- dilapidation,
- disaccord,
- disagreement,
- disaster,
- discrepancy,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- encounter,
- enmity,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- grief,
- hammering,
- hate,
- hatred,
- hostility,
- ill hap,
- impact,
- impingement,
- inconsistency,
- inimicalness,
- interference,
- jar,
- jolt,
- kick,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- mauling,
- meeting,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- nasty blow,
- near-miss,
- negativeness,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- obstinacy,
- onslaught,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- percussion,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- pileup,
- polarity,
- quarrelsomeness,
- ramming,
- reaction,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- rivalry,
- ruin,
- shipwreck,
- shock,
- showdown,
- sideswipe,
- sledgehammering,
- smash,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- smashup,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- staggering blow,
- swimming upstream,
- thrusting,
- tragedy,
- uncooperativeness,
- vying,
- whomp,
- wreck