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synonyms for collision

  • blow
  • bump
  • butt
  • concussion
  • contact
  • crash
  • destruction
  • dilapidation
  • encounter
  • hit
  • impact
  • jar
  • jolt
  • knock
  • percussion
  • pileup
  • rap
  • ruin
  • shock
  • sideswipe
  • slam
  • smash
  • strike
  • thud
  • thump
  • wreck
  • demolishment
  • fender bender
  • head-on
On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to collision, such as: blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, and crash.

antonyms for collision

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  • avoidance
  • building
  • compliment
  • construction
  • creation
  • failure
  • flattery
  • loss
  • praise
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How to use collision in a sentence

When physicists model particle collisions they use a tool called a Feynman diagram, a simple schematic invented by Richard Feynman in the 1940s.
THE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE OF PARTICLE COLLISIONS COMES INTO VIEWCHARLIE WOODAUGUST 20, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Those checks could include collecting more data with the LHC or seeing if other particle collision experiments produce similar results.
THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN PARTICLE WITH FOUR OF THE SAME KIND OF QUARKMARIA TEMMINGJULY 7, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Energy from the exoplanet’s star could have heated the atmosphere enough that it blew or boiled away, or collisions with other planets could have tossed out the gas atmosphere but left the rocky core.
A NEWFOUND EXOPLANET MAY BE THE EXPOSED CORE OF A GAS GIANTLISA GROSSMANJULY 1, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
We see that if you have a collision of high enough energies, then the laws of physics are a little bit different.
THIS COSMOLOGIST KNOWS HOW IT’S ALL GOING TO ENDDAN FALKJUNE 22, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
As it falls back to the ground, it can leave a fine layer of rocky bits atop any crater that the collision caused.
ROVER FINDS ‘LAYER CAKE’ BELOW GROUND ON MOON’S FARSIDELISA GROSSMANMARCH 25, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
He used every artifice to prevent a collision between the French and Neapolitan troops.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
A collision on the Susquehanna rail road, near Baltimore, by which 30 persons were killed, and a large number badly wounded.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
During the last year a serious collision took place between the Chinese authorities and the British subjects at Canton.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN
During the preceding year the British power in India came into hostile collision with the Ghilzies.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN
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WORDS RELATED TO COLLISION

  • collision
  • cross-purposes
  • dead heat
  • deadlock
  • even money
  • showdown
  • standoff
  • wash
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