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crash together with violent impact; or come into conflict
- Outside the barracks windows, the leaves when wind-blown crackled like thousands of errant wasps colliding in midair.Chapter 3.22 (1% in)
- It sounded like the collision of steers, and Johnny somersaulted across the court.Chapter 3.30 (60% in)
- I lay on my back, out of bounds, where the collision with the VMI forward had knocked me and stared straight up into the ceiling lights.Chapter 3.30 (71% in)
- He came at me with superb, deadly balance, handling his bulk well, and before the collision I realized Cain had spent long seasons coming out of the line at defensive back, coming straight ahead in bone-stirring downfield blocks, coming toward dummies held by taut, screaming coaches at practice, and at that moment I knew I would learn the difference between a pulling lineman and a flashy guard.Chapter 4.38 (69% in)
There are no more uses of "collide" in The Lords of Discipline.
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