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Collide

To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

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Broader term 9

Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conflict 76% connected

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Manner of action 4

Crash 76% connected

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

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Ram 76% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Collision 74% connected

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

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Collision 74% connected

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

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Synonym 2

Clash 92% connected

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jar 92% connected

A turn. [Only in phrase.]

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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