| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
Synonyms: |
bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch, disagree, fender-bend, fragment, hit, jolt, meet head-on, pile up, plow into, pulverize, scrap*, shatter, sideswipe, smash, splinter, strike, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
Synonyms: |
blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, demolishment, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender, head-on, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup, rap, ruin, shock, sideswipe, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, accidental hitting |
Synonyms: |
accident, bump, collapse, concussion, crack-up, crunch, debacle, ditch, fender bender, fender tag, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, pileup, ram, rear-ender, shock, sideswipe, smash, smashup, splashdown, stack-up, thud, thump, total*, washout, wreck |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
Synonyms: |
bang into, crack up, crunch, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pile up, shatter, shiver, sideswipe, smash, smash up, splinter, total*, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | criticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpretation, analysis |
Synonyms: |
appraisal, appreciation, assessment, comment, commentary, critique, elucidation, essay, estimate, evaluation, examination, exposition, judgment, notice, observation, opinion, pan, rating, rave*, review, reviewal, scorcher, sideswipe, sleighride, study, write-up |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
Antonyms: |
estimation, guess, supposition |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ricochet, hit off of something |
Synonyms: |
bounce, brush, careen, carom, contact, dart, graze, kiss*, rebound, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skip, slant, slide, strike, touch |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collide, bump into |
Synonyms: |
bang into, buffet, butt, carom, clash, crash, glance, jostle, knock, light, meet, meet head-on, pat, rap, run into, scrape, sideswipe, smash, stumble, tap, thud, thump |
| Main Entry: | smashup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wreck |
Synonyms: |
accident, collision, crack-up, crash, fender bender, impact, jolt, mess, pile-up, rear-ender, sideswipe, total, wreckage |