Clash
verb
When two things hit together with a loud noise.
The swords clashed loudly in the dark knight.
Often appears as...
- clashed their glasses
- clashed their swords
noun
A fight or disagreement.
There was a big clash between the two families.
Often appears as...
- clash of opinions
- clash of civilizations
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To not match, or go against something.
Her red shirt clashed with her pink pants.
Often appears as...
- colours clash
- patterns clash
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A game or contest.
The annual clash between the two schools is always exciting.
Often appears as...
- sports clash
- annual clash
noun
A loud metallic sound.
The clash of the cymbals echoed throughout the theatre.
Often appears as...
- clash of cymbals
- clash of metal
Usage tips
Academic
verb
When two things hit together with a loud noise.
The swords clashed loudly in the dark knight.
Often appears as...
- clashed their glasses
- clashed their swords
noun
A fight or disagreement.
There was a big clash between the two families.
Often appears as...
- clash of opinions
- clash of civilizations
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To not match, or go against something.
Her red shirt clashed with her pink pants.
Often appears as...
- colours clash
- patterns clash
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A game or contest.
The annual clash between the two schools is always exciting.
Often appears as...
- sports clash
- annual clash
noun
A loud metallic sound.
The clash of the cymbals echoed throughout the theatre.
Often appears as...
- clash of cymbals
- clash of metal
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Auditory Imagery
Use 'clash' to describe sounds that create a vivid mental image of noise and impact.
The pots and pans clashed as they fell from the shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Collision
'Clash' is ideal for describing an impactful meeting of two forces or objects.
When the two footballers clashed, the crowd gasped.
Pro Tip 1/2Auditory Imagery
Use 'clash' to describe sounds that create a vivid mental image of noise and impact.
The pots and pans clashed as they fell from the shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Collision
'Clash' is ideal for describing an impactful meeting of two forces or objects.
When the two footballers clashed, the crowd gasped.
Pro Tip 1/2Auditory Imagery
Use 'clash' to describe sounds that create a vivid mental image of noise and impact.
The pots and pans clashed as they fell from the shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Collision
'Clash' is ideal for describing an impactful meeting of two forces or objects.
When the two footballers clashed, the crowd gasped.
Compare with
altercationcollisionconflictualconfrontationdisagreediscordoppositionstruggle
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Video examples
Julia Dhar: How to have...
In fact, we call that clash and in formal argumentation, it's a punishable offense if there's not enough of it. But I've noticed, you've probably noticed, too, that in real life that tends to make people shut down, not just from the conversation, but even from the relationship.
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The mega force of youth...
country after having clashes with the police and we suddenly found out that we were the only news website from Kyrgyzstan that was telling the truth about what was going on because all the other media outlets were mostly telling that it is still police controlling this
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How the West can adapt...
southeast Asia today should be experiencing a clash of civilizations. Instead, what you see in southeast Asia is one of the most peaceful and prosperous corners of planet earth with the second-most successful regional multilateral organization, ASEAN.
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See Yemen through my...
everybody was betting that I will not be able to do it what's this young girl coming and showing off because she it's her family business or or something it was very hard at first I didn't want to clash with people but with all due respect to
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Heather Brooke: My...
It was an example of a culture clash that's happening all over the world between bewigged and bestockinged officials who think that they can rule over us without very much prying from the public, and then suddenly confronted with a public
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East vs west -- the...
chaotic, ambiguous, unpredictable. And people are okay with it. And then globalization is taking place. The demands of modern institutional thinking is coming in. Which is rooted in one-life culture. And a clash is going to take place,
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Philip Zimbardo: The...
altering appeals to suicidal terrorists, and modifying family conflicts as time-zone clashes. So I want to end by many of life's puzzles can be solved by understanding your time perspective and that of others.
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Elephants Being...
This is very different from a clash between African elephants. Despite their age and size, neither of these giants has tusks. African elephants fight with their tusks locked and their trunks draped over them.
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Dalia Mogahed: The...
But it wasn't just anger at economic injustice. It was also people's deep longing for freedom. Contrary to the clash of civilizations theory,
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Bull Sharks Upriver PIPE...
both shark and human are seeking food in these waters to help them survive and that competition can sometimes lead to dangerous clashes
Video examples
Julia Dhar: How to have...
In fact, we call that clash and in formal argumentation, it's a punishable offense if there's not enough of it. But I've noticed, you've probably noticed, too, that in real life that tends to make people shut down, not just from the conversation, but even from the relationship.
Video examples
The mega force of youth...
country after having clashes with the police and we suddenly found out that we were the only news website from Kyrgyzstan that was telling the truth about what was going on because all the other media outlets were mostly telling that it is still police controlling this
Video examples
How the West can adapt...
southeast Asia today should be experiencing a clash of civilizations. Instead, what you see in southeast Asia is one of the most peaceful and prosperous corners of planet earth with the second-most successful regional multilateral organization, ASEAN.
Video examples
See Yemen through my...
everybody was betting that I will not be able to do it what's this young girl coming and showing off because she it's her family business or or something it was very hard at first I didn't want to clash with people but with all due respect to
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
It was an example of a culture clash that's happening all over the world between bewigged and bestockinged officials who think that they can rule over us without very much prying from the public, and then suddenly confronted with a public
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
chaotic, ambiguous, unpredictable. And people are okay with it. And then globalization is taking place. The demands of modern institutional thinking is coming in. Which is rooted in one-life culture. And a clash is going to take place,
Video examples
Philip Zimbardo: The...
altering appeals to suicidal terrorists, and modifying family conflicts as time-zone clashes. So I want to end by many of life's puzzles can be solved by understanding your time perspective and that of others.
Video examples
Elephants Being...
This is very different from a clash between African elephants. Despite their age and size, neither of these giants has tusks. African elephants fight with their tusks locked and their trunks draped over them.
Video examples
Dalia Mogahed: The...
But it wasn't just anger at economic injustice. It was also people's deep longing for freedom. Contrary to the clash of civilizations theory,
Video examples
Bull Sharks Upriver PIPE...
both shark and human are seeking food in these waters to help them survive and that competition can sometimes lead to dangerous clashes
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jonathan Jackson
American Actor
Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places. I like movies because it's kind of a combination of every art: it's like, it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.
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Tony Pulis
Welsh Manager
That's management. It's a social job as much as anything else, finding out what people are like, seeing through them. There have been good players and not-so-good players who I have moved along because I thought there would be a clash of character.
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Paul Rodgers
English Musician
There were personality clashes in Free, really. I think it's as simple as that; I think we felt we weren't leaving each other enough room to develop in our own way, and we were restricting each other. So we said, let's go different ways.
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Liz Goldwyn
American Writer
My new dressing goal is to make little kids and babies smile at all the bright, clashing colours I can wear at once. It makes me laugh when I catch sight of my own reflection - life is too short not have fun!
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Lars von Trier
Danish Director
My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.
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Arjen Robben
Dutch Athlete
It is important that it - sometimes there are clashes between team-mates. We need each other to tell the truth, and this is not always a positive.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash.
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Ray J
American Musician
A lot of time when you clash, sometimes it helps the relationship because then you grow closer after that.
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Nikolai Berdyaev
Russian Philosopher
There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.
Quote examples
Jonathan Jackson
American Actor
Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places. I like movies because it's kind of a combination of every art: it's like, it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.
Quote examples
Tony Pulis
Welsh Manager
That's management. It's a social job as much as anything else, finding out what people are like, seeing through them. There have been good players and not-so-good players who I have moved along because I thought there would be a clash of character.
Quote examples
Paul Rodgers
English Musician
There were personality clashes in Free, really. I think it's as simple as that; I think we felt we weren't leaving each other enough room to develop in our own way, and we were restricting each other. So we said, let's go different ways.
Quote examples
Liz Goldwyn
American Writer
My new dressing goal is to make little kids and babies smile at all the bright, clashing colours I can wear at once. It makes me laugh when I catch sight of my own reflection - life is too short not have fun!
Quote examples
Lars von Trier
Danish Director
My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
Quote examples
Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.
Quote examples
Arjen Robben
Dutch Athlete
It is important that it - sometimes there are clashes between team-mates. We need each other to tell the truth, and this is not always a positive.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash.
Quote examples
Ray J
American Musician
A lot of time when you clash, sometimes it helps the relationship because then you grow closer after that.
Quote examples
Nikolai Berdyaev
Russian Philosopher
There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.
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