/keuh luyd"/ , v. , collided, colliding .
v.i.
1. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
2. to clash; conflict: Their views on the matter collided.
v.t.
3. to cause to collide: drivers colliding their cars in a demolition derby.
[ 1615-25; collidere to strike together, equiv. to col- COL- 1 + -lidere, comb. form of laedere to strike ]
Syn. 1. hit, smash, clash.