clash

v

1. clang, clangor, clank, clatter, rattle.

2. bump into, collide with, crash into, smash into, run into, Inf. plow into; butt, jar, jolt, jostle.

3. conflict, contend, dispute, disagree, argue, contest, contravene, spar, cross swords, lock horns; squabble, quarrel, feud, bicker, have words, be at [s.o.'s] throat.

4. struggle, battle, encounter, engage, meet; fight, combat, give or do battle, duel, joust, tussle, scuffle, brawl, come to blows.

n

5. clang, clangor, clank, clatter; din, racket, tumult, uproar, noise.

6. conflict, opposition, disagreement, discord, disaccord, dissension, friction, variance, strife; enmity, hostility, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, ill will.

7. argument, altercation, dispute, row, quarrel, squabble, dustup, spat, tiff, Brit. Dial. fratch; encounter, meeting, engagement, confrontation, showdown; fight, battle, struggle, conflict, tussle, bout, donnybrook, Scot. sturt, Inf. scrap, Inf. run-in; skirmish, action, brush, fray, affray; melee, fracas, uproar, free-for-all.

8. collision, smash, crash, smash-up, crack-up, car crash.