Collides

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Comes into forceful contact with another object or person
2. Hits or crashes against something else usually causing an impact
3. Moves so as to crash or strike with intensity into another thing

Etymology: "Collides" is the third-person singular present form of "collide," which is the form of the verb you use when the subject is "he," "she," or "it." The verb itself comes from Latin "collidere," meaning to clash, strike, dash, or press together. It was built from "con-," meaning "together," and "laedere," meaning to strike or hurt, so the core idea is one of things striking one another. The Latin prefix took a shortened form, "col-," before the "l" in "laedere," following the usual pattern in which "com-" becomes "col-" when joined to certain stems. The same root that gives "collide" also sits behind "lesion" and "lesson"-type words in other lineages, though those connections run through separate paths and are best checked against a dictionary of their own.

Synonyms: crashes, bumps, hits, strikes, intersects

Antonyms: misses, avoids, separates, diverges, disperses