collide
verb (used without object)
to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash.
colliding
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present participleof collide.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The court heard Richardson had driven through "give way" markings at a junction in Warburton before colliding with the father-of-two, who went under the Volvo XC90.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Short gamma-ray bursts, or short GRBs, are believed to occur when two compact objects, such as neutron stars, spiral toward one another before colliding and merging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The U.S. push to devote more military resources to the Arctic is colliding with competing demands elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The AI buildout is colliding with a grid that cannot deliver power fast enough,” Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Percoco wrote in a separate report on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
