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clash

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: clash

1
 vn
crash together with violent impact
a state of conflict between persons
2
 n
a loud resonant repeating noise
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: clash
1

v crash together with violent impact

“Two meteors clashed”
Synonyms:
collide
Types:
smash
collide or strike violently and suddenly
shock
collide violently
crash, ram
undergo damage or destruction on impact
Type of:
collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with

v disagree violently

“We clashed over the new farm policies”
Type of:
differ, disagree, dissent, take issue
be of different opinions

v be incompatible; be or come into conflict

“These colors clash”
Synonyms:
collide, jar
Type of:
conflict
be in conflict

n a state of conflict between persons

Synonyms:
friction
Type of:
conflict
a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

n a minor short-term fight

Synonyms:
brush, encounter, skirmish
Types:
contretemps
an awkward clash
Type of:
combat, fight, fighting, scrap
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

n a state of conflict between colors

“her dress was a disturbing clash of colors”
Type of:
conflict
a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
2

n a loud resonant repeating noise

Synonyms:
clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, crash
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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