· (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
Synonym(s): hit
Hypernym(s): contact, impinging, striking
· an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"
Hypernym(s): accident
· a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
Hypernym(s): dispute, difference, difference_of_opinion, conflict