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Another word for clash

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Verb

  1. To strike together with a loud, harsh noise

      1. To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.
      2. To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing:
      3. To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
      1. To break violently or noisily; smash:
      2. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact:
      3. To make a sudden loud noise:
    See also:

    sounds

  2. To fail to be in accord

      1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
      2. The amount that a jar can hold.
      3. A glass of beer.
      1. Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.
      2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
      3. A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
      1. Lack of harmony; disagreement.
      2. To disagree.
      1. To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
      2. To assert the opposite of a statement or idea put forward by (someone).
      3. To be contrary to; be inconsistent with:
      1. A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
      2. A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash:
      3. An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    agree

Noun

  1. A loud striking together

      1. To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.
      2. To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing:
      3. To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
      1. To break violently or noisily; smash:
      2. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact:
      3. To make a sudden loud noise:
    See also:

    sounds

  2. A state of disagreement and disharmony

      1. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
      2. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
      3. A state of disharmony or conflict; strife:
      1. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.
      2. The period of such conflict.
      3. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.
      1. The state or quality of being variant or variable; variation:
      2. Difference or inconsistency:
      3. The state or fact of being in disagreement or in conflict:
      1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement.
      2. A conflict or quarrel:
      3. Contention or competition between rivals.
      1. A separation or division into factions:
      2. A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church.
      3. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.
      1. Lack of harmony; discord.
      2. An instance of such discord.
      1. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
      2. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
      3. A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies or substances in contact.
      1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.
      2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension:
      1. A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
      2. Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict:
      3. A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
      1. Disagreement, as of opinion or belief; dissent.
      1. To have or express an opinion different from a prevailing or official position; disagree.
      2. To reach a conclusion contrary to the majority of the judges deciding a case; render a minority opinion.
      3. Difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement.
      1. Difference of opinion; disagreement.
      1. The state or an instance of disagreement; discord.
      2. The presence of a given trait in only one member of a pair of identical twins.
      1. Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.
      2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
      3. A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
      1. Lack of harmony; disagreement.
      2. To disagree.
      1. The condition or quality of being difficult:
      2. Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
      3. A troublesome or embarrassing state of affairs, especially of financial affairs:
      1. The quality or condition of being unlike or dissimilar.
      2. An instance of disparity or unlikeness:
      3. A degree or amount by which things differ:
      1. The act or an instance of striving in controversy or debate.
      2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry:
      3. An assertion put forward in argument:
      1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
      2. A conflict involving armed forces:
      3. Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas:
      1. A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
      2. A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash:
      3. An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
    See also:

    conflict

  3. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed

      1. To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl:
      2. To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass:
      3. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage:
      1. Any of several plants of the genus Rheum, especially R. rhabarbarum, having long edible green or reddish leafstalks that are usually cooked and sweetened.
      2. A preparation made from the dried rhizomes and roots of any of several plants of the genus Rheum, especially R. palmatum or R. officinale of East Asia, used as a laxative.
      3. A quarrel, fight, or heated discussion.
      1. An argument or a fight.
      2. Trouble; bother.
      3. To argue or fight:
      1. To quarrel noisily or angrily.
      2. To grasp and maneuver something.
      3. To attempt to deal with or understand something; contend or struggle:
      1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
      2. Something said; an utterance, remark, or comment:
      3. A command or direction; an order:
      1. A fit of irritation.
      2. A petty quarrel.
      3. To quarrel.
      1. To engage in a bad-tempered argument, often over a trivial matter; bicker.
      2. A noisy quarrel, often about a trivial matter.
      1. A quarrel or argument.
      2. Matter that is added to a text.
      3. Having been added to or inserted into a text:
      1. An angry dispute; an altercation.
      2. A reason for a dispute or argument:
      3. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily.
      1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
      2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.
      3. Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation.
      1. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
      2. To engage in a boxing match.
      3. To engage in a quarrel; argue:
      1. To argue about; debate:
      2. To argue or debate with (someone).
      3. To question the truth or validity of; doubt:
      1. A failure or refusal to agree.
      2. A disparity; an inconsistency.
      3. A conflict or difference of opinion.
      1. The condition or quality of being difficult:
      2. Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
      3. A troublesome or embarrassing state of affairs, especially of financial affairs:
      1. To consider something; deliberate.
      2. To engage in argument by discussing opposing points.
      3. To engage in a formal discussion or argument.
      1. A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views.
      2. The act or practice of engaging in such disputes:
      1. The act or an instance of striving in controversy or debate.
      2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry:
      3. An assertion put forward in argument:
      1. To engage in a bad-tempered quarrel, often in a petty manner over something trivial; squabble.
      2. To flicker or glitter:
      3. To move or flow with a rippling or gurgling sound.
      1. A discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate.
      2. A quarrel; a dispute.
      3. A reason or matter for dispute or contention:
    See also:

    conflict

  4. A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition

      1. A minor battle in war, as one between small forces or between large forces avoiding direct conflict.
      2. A minor or preliminary conflict or dispute:
      3. To engage in a minor battle or dispute.
      1. A quarrel or argument.
      2. Matter that is added to a text.
      3. Having been added to or inserted into a text:
      1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief:
      2. A hostile or adversarial confrontation:
      3. To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon:
      1. An implement typically consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, grooming, or applying a liquid.
      2. The act of using this implement.
      3. A sweeping stroke of the hand, as in removing something.
    See also:

    touch

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Another word for clash

Noun

  1. Collision

      1. The striking of one body against another; collision.
      2. The force transmitted by a collision.
      3. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another:
      1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief:
      2. A hostile or adversarial confrontation:
      3. To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon:
      1. To break violently or noisily; smash:
      2. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact:
      3. To make a sudden loud noise:
    See also:

    collision

  2. Disagreement

      1. A discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate.
      2. A quarrel; a dispute.
      3. A reason or matter for dispute or contention:
      1. A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
      2. A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash:
      3. An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
      1. The act of opposing or resisting.
      2. The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
      3. Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
    See also:

    dispute

    disagreement

Verb
  1. See also:

    quarrel

    oppose

    fight

    differ

    contrast

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Sentence Examples

  • A clash with Parma occurred to aggravate his troubles.

  • The natives appeared again the next spring, and a clash occurred.

  • The clash of arms breaks upon his pagan paradise with no uncertain sound; he is swift in narrative, breathless in escapade.

  • The traveller in Egypt thus views, side by side with the activities of the present day, where occident and orient meet and clash, memorials of every race and civilization which has flourished in the valley of the Nile.

  • Her interests and those of Athens did not directly clash, for Athens included in her empire only the islands of the Aegean and the towns on its north and east coasts, which lay outside the Spartan political horizon: with the Peloponnese Athens did not meddle.

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