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There was too much empty space in the solar system for two ships to collide, and there was no good reason to steer one ship into another on purpose.

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  1. intransitive verb To come together with violent, direct impact.
  2. intransitive verb To meet in opposition; conflict: "an unlikely foray by an industrial conglomerate into the terrain where entertainment and merchandising collide” (Laura Bird).

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  • He carefully circled around the Jaguar and walked to the purple-and-blue taxi cab. —  Pop Goes The Weasel
  • Come on in here, and you'll hear a very interesting bit of news! —  Five Go To Mystery Moor
  • He'd been very sweet, calling his friend a stupid jerk-off and taking Heather's side on all points. —  Where There's Smoke
  • There was too much empty space in the solar system for two ships to collide, and there was no good reason to steer one ship into another on purpose. —  New Race
  • Like the thunderstorms that boil up when two massive weather systems collide, the conflict in a story must well up from the inner beings of the major characters. —  Ten Minutes, That's It
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin collīdere : com-, com- + laedere, to strike.

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  1. = Dutch collideren = German collidiren = Danish kollidere = Spanish colidir (obsolete) = Portuguese collidir = Italian collidere, from Latin collidere, conlidere, strike or clash together, from com-, together, + lædere, strike, dash against, hurt: see lesion.
 

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