Vocabulary
Collide
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
hit by accident when moving.
Urdu meaning
آپس میں ٹکرانا، ٹکراﺅ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Ibn al-Arabi`s explanation of the conflict of good and evil in terms of waves which arise from the sea, collide with each other and then fall back into the same sea appeared to render faith redundant.
- Faraway Bangladesh, which is currently witnessing a massive public uprising led by students, is one example of what can happen when adverse economic conditions collide with entrenched sociopolitical dissatisfaction.
Synonyms
crash (into), come into collision (with), bang (into), slam (into), impact (with), hit, strike
Curator example
“she collided with someone”
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