verb (used without object),col·lid·ed,col·lid·ing.
to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
to clash; conflict: Their views on the matter collided.
verb (used with object),col·lid·ed,col·lid·ing.
to cause to collide: drivers colliding their cars in a demolition derby.
Origin of collide
1615–25; <Latin collīdere to strike together, equivalent to col-col-1 + -līdere, combining form of laedere to strike
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When those crystals collide with the ammonia-water droplets, they may charge up and create lightning, Becker and her colleagues reason.