collision

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

col·li·sion [collision collisions] BrE [kəˈlɪʒn] NAmE [kəˈlɪʒn] noun countable, uncountable ~ (with sb/sth) | ~ (between/of A and B)
1. an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other
•a collision between two trains
•Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.
•a head-on collision (= between two vehicles that are moving towards each other)
•a mid-air collision (= between two aircraft while they are flying)
•His car was in collision with a motorbike.
•Wind and ice were blamed for the collision involving up to 12 vehicles.
2. (formal)a strong disagreement between two people or between opposing ideas, opinions, etc; the meeting of two things that are very different
•a collision between two opposing points of view
•In his work we see the collision of two different traditions.
Idiom: ↑on a collision course

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’.

Example Bank:
•I had a collision with a bus.
•She was injured in a collision.
•The car was in collision with a lorry.
•The collision occurred near the hospital.
•a head-on collision between two cars
•Australian food is an exciting collision of native, Asian and European cuisines.
•The problem comes from a collision between two opposing points of view.