1.  clash(n = noun.event) clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
is a kind of noise

2.  clash(n = noun.state) friction - a state of conflict between persons;
is a kind of conflict
Derived forms verb clash₃, verb clash₂

3.  clash(n = noun.state) - a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"
is a kind of conflict

4.  clash(n = noun.act) brush, encounter, skirmish - a minor short-term fight;
is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap
has particulars: contretemps

1.  clash(v = verb.contact) collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
is one way to collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  clash(v = verb.stative) collide, jar - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
is one way to conflict
Derived form noun clash₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

3.  clash(v = verb.communication) - disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
is one way to differ, disagree, dissent, take issue
Derived form noun clash₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something

1.  To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together. [1913 Webster]

2.  To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere. [1913 Webster]
"However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony." [1913 Webster]

   To strike noisily against or together. [1913 Webster]

1.  A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision. [1913 Webster]
"The roll of cannon and clash of arms." [1913 Webster]

2.  Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc. [1913 Webster]
"Clashes between popes and kings." [1913 Webster]

clash, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a loud jarring sound as of metal objects being struck together. b a collision, esp. with force.
2 a a conflict or disagreement. b a discord of colours etc.
--v.
1 a intr. make a clashing sound. b tr. cause to clash.
2 intr. collide; coincide awkwardly.
3 intr. (often foll. by with) a come into conflict or be at variance. b (of colours) be discordant.

Derivative:
clasher n.

Etymology:
imit.: cf. clack, clang, crack, crash

VB  disagree, clash, jar, interfere, intrude, come amiss, not concern, mismatch, humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam.

N  discord, disagreement, discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance, jar, clash, shock, jarring, jostling, screw loose, variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie, division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach, schism, feud, faction, quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words, wrangling, jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap, family jars, polemics, litigation, strife, warfare, outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war, broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation, embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus, breeze, squall, riot, disturbance, commotion, bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point, bone of contention, bone to pick, apple of discord, casus belli, question at issue, vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord, troublous times, cat-and-dog life, contentiousness, enmity, hate, Kilkenny cats, disputant, strange bedfellows, discordant, disagreeing, out of tune, ajar, on bad terms, dissentient, unreconciled, unpacified, contentious, quarrelsome, unpacific, gladiatorial, controversial, polemic, disputatious, factious, litigious, litigant, pettifogging, at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words, up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled, torn, disunited, quot homines tot sententiae, no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites, Mars gravior sub pace latet, discord, discordance, dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling, harshness, Babel, Dutch concert, cat's concert, marrowbones and cleavers, discordant, dissonant, absonant, out of tune, tuneless, unmusical, untunable, unmelodious, immelodious, unharmonious, inharmonious, singsong, cacophonous, harsh, jarring.

VB  be discordant, disagree, come amiss, clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another, live like cat and dog, differ, dissent, have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with, fall out, quarrel, dispute, litigate, controvert, squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle, bicker, nag, spar, have words, with, fall foul of, split, break with, break squares with, part company with, declare war, try conclusions, join issue, put in issue, pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on, sow dissension, stir up dissension, embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach, set at odds, set together by the ears, set against, pit against, get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl, kick up a row, kick up a dust, turn the house out of window, be discordant, jar.

VB  counteract, run counter, clash, cross, interfere with, conflict with, contravene, jostle, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, stultify, antagonize, block, oppose, traverse, withstand, hinder, repress, react, undo, neutralize, counterpoise, overpoise.

N  impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

VB  rap, snap, tap, knock, ping, click, clash, crack, crackle, crash, pop, slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham, brustle, burst on the ear, crepitate, rump, blow up, blow, detonate.

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