violent collision

collocation in English

meaningsofviolentandcollision

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violent
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪə.lənt/us
/ˈvaɪə.lənt/
using force to hurt ...
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collision
noun
uk
/kəˈlɪʒ.ən/us
/kəˈlɪʒ.ən/
an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other ...
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(Definition ofviolentandcollisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All those campaigns of resistance have involved incidents ofviolentcollisionwith those who would destroy people's livelihoods and lives.
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Make no mistake about it; we are drifting towards aviolentcollision; we are drifting towards an utter deadlock in a few months time.
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Owing to a variety of circumstances the police were brought intoviolentcollisionwith the inhabitants of the city—large sections of the inhabitants of the city.
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Objects with large mass have enough gravity to retain any material ejected by aviolentcollision.
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If aviolentcollisionoccurs, the disabled airbags will not deploy to protect vehicle occupants.
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After recharging the brake air supply, the driver proceeded at above a cautious speed and came intoviolentcollisionwith the train ahead.
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These violent collisions produce new particles; heavier versions of the familiar protons and neutrons as well a whole variety of intermediate mass particles called mesons.
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As a result, many larger objects have been broken apart, and sometimes newer objects have been forged from the remnants in less violent collisions.
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Instead, only unnecessary and violent collisions are outlawed.
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At sea level there are more particles with more energy, resulting in more frequent and violent collisions, or higher pressure.
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