衝突 — meaning in English

English meaning

• collide verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
• collision noun An instance of colliding.
• conflict noun A serious disagreement or clash, especially a prolonged one.
• confrontation noun A tense, face-to-face clash or argument between people.
• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
• wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.

Senses

衝突 is used for these senses in English:

• collide (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
• collide (intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
• collision An instance of colliding.
• conflict A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
• confrontation A conflict between armed forces.
• crash An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
• hit A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
• wreck An event in which something is damaged through collision.

collide — full definition

1. verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
2. verb To be in conflict, or to clash over something, especially ideas or interests.

collision — full definition

1. noun An instance of colliding.
2. noun Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
3. noun Clipping of naming collision.
4. noun Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.

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