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col•lide

Pronunciation: (ku-līd'), [key]
—v., -lid•ed, -lid•ing.

—v.i.
1. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
2. to clash; conflict: Their views on the matter collided.

—v.t.
to cause to collide: drivers colliding their cars in a demolition derby.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

collet

colliding-beam machine

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