urto

Definitions of urto
  1. noun
    the act of contacting one thing with another
    synonyms: colpo, percossa, percussione
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    types:
    investimento, schiacciata, schianto, tamponamento
    the act of colliding with something
    braciola
    a grounder that bounces high in the air
    type of:
    tocco
    the act of putting two things together with no space between them
  2. noun
    a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
    synonyms: conflitto, conflittualità, contestazione, contrapposizione, contrasto, frizione, opposizione, tensione
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    types:
    maretta, screzio
    a state of conflict between persons
    disaccordo, discordanza, discordia, dissenso, dissidio, lotta, malumore, scissura
    a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    disunione
    lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
    type of:
    condizione, stato
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  3. noun
    (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
    synonyms: conflitto, conflittualità, contestazione, contrapposizione, contrasto, frizione, irritabilità, nervosismo, nervoso, opposizione, stress, tensione
  4. noun
    an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
    synonyms: collisione, impatto, scontro, tamponamento
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    types:
    schiacciata
    a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
    type of:
    accidente, complicazione, disavventura, disgrazia, imprevisto, incidente, inconveniente, infortunio, peripezia, sfortuna
    an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
  5. noun
    (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
    synonyms: collisione, impatto, scontro, tamponamento
  6. noun
    the striking of one body against another
    synonyms: collisione, impatto, scontro
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    types:
    bastonata, zampata
    an impact (as from a collision)
    schiacciata
    a vigorous blow
    martellamento
    repeated heavy blows
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