collision
noun
the act of colliding; a coming violently into contact; crash.
collisions
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pluralof collision.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Students are also instructed to slow down when driving near donkeys as collisions can cause injury or even death to humans and animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The collisions briefly create tiny droplets of primordial matter that usually survive for less than a quadrillionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nearly 300 people are killed every year in traffic crashes in the city, with speed serving as the leading factor in the collisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the same year there were 251 people killed or seriously injured in collisions involving a young driver, and in 65% of those, the young driver was deemed to be at fault.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Because the Earth has a larger area than the Moon, we might have to wait something like ten thousand years between collisions that would make craters as big as a kilometer across on our planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
