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sideswipe
noun as in collision
noun as in crash
Strong matches
noun as in criticism
noun as in smash-up
Weak matches
verb as in collide
verb as in crash
verb as in glance
Example Sentences
In December last year, the Philippines said China's coast guard fired water cannons and "sideswiped" a government vessel during a maritime patrol near the Scarborough Shoal.
Tailed by deputies, the suspect sideswiped a semi-truck but continued driving.
The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and "sideswiped" a government vessel in the South China Sea.
That's because some of the non-colliding positively charged protons are set swirling as the nuclei sideswipe one another at close to the speed of light.
Early Tuesday, Bryan Howard, 41, crossed the center line of State Road 40 in his 2001 Ford Ranger and sideswiped a bus carrying 53 farmworkers, which then veered the bus of the two-lane road.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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