Collided

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To crash into another object with force while simultaneously experiencing an unexpected meeting or confrontation, often leading to a conflict or clash
2. To forcibly come together with something else, resulting in an unforeseen meeting or argument that may cause disruption or harm
3. Struck each other violently upon impact, often causing damage or a sudden stop

Etymology: "Collided" is the past tense of "collide," so its history is that of the verb itself. The verb comes from Latin "collīdere," meaning to strike, dash, or press things together, built from "com-" ("together") and "laedere" ("to strike, hurt"). The Latin root is the same one behind "lesion" and "lesive," which hints at how physical the original idea was: two things struck together with enough force to do damage. The English verb kept that concrete sense of violent impact, and the meaning of two bodies crashing into each other remains the core. The figurative sense of people or ideas running into one another in conflict grew out of that physical picture, so a clash of opinions is still, at root, a collision.

Synonyms: crashed, bumped, struck, hit, smacked

Antonyms: avoided, missed, separated, parted, distanced