Both Uses of
collide
in
The War of the Worlds
- Stent and Ogilvy, anticipating some possibilities of a collision, had telegraphed from Horsell to the barracks as soon as the Martians emerged, for the help of a company of soldiers to protect these strange creatures from violence.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- At that the Pool became a scene of mad confusion, fighting, and collision, and for some time a multitude of boats and barges jammed in the northern arch of the Tower Bridge, and the sailors and lightermen had to fight savagely against the people who swarmed upon them from the riverfront.†
Chpt 1.17
Definition:
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(collide) crash together with violent impact; or come into conflict