anti-collision
adjective[before noun]
(alsoanticollision)uk/ˌæn.ti.kəˈlɪʒ.ən/us/ˌæn.taɪ.kəˈlɪʒ.ən/intendedtopreventamovingvehicleorobjectfromhittinganothervehicleorobject:
A new anti-collisionsystemhad beeninstalled.
The anticollisionequipmenthadfailed.
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collision(ACCIDENT)
- Planes areequippedwith anti-collisiondevices.
- The anti-collisionsystemsoundedanalarm.
- Thetruckshave anticollisionradar-sensorsthatdetectvehiclesin the driver'sblindspot.
- The anti-collisionlighton the back of thecarriagewasclearlyvisible.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- hit and run
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- runsomeone/somethingover
- shunt
- stack
- stack up
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding