No. 2,753 in German
kollidierte
"Collided."
In a sentence
Das Auto kollidierte mit einem Baum.
The car collided with a tree.
Here 'kollidierte' is used in the sense of a physical collision between two entities.
Seine Ideen kollidierten mit den Vorstellungen des Teams.
His ideas collided with the team's concepts.
Here 'kollidierten' is used figuratively to describe conflicting ideas.
Der Radfahrer kollidierte beinahe mit dem Fußgänger, konnte jedoch rechtzeitig ausweichen.
The cyclist almost collided with the pedestrian but managed to avoid it in time.
In this case, 'kollidierte' expresses a near physical encounter or crash that was ultimately avoided.
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