clash
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2.7
- noun
- /klæʃ/
:
choque
- Maks followed his friends to an underground cafeteria filled with the clash and rattle of trays and people yelling.
The space fills with sounds and clashes and thumping and yelling.
- The space fills with sounds and clashes and thumping and yelling.
Examples
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All his 40 years have been a straight road... ...to this one gleaming moment in destiny... ...this one radiant clash of shield and spear... ...sword and bone, and flesh and blood.
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From without, he heard the clash of steel on stone.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was a clash as sword met chainsaw again and again.
Fiction book (2002) -
Shields clash and swords do their terrible work.
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Bob reached up and closed the long sliding door of the boxcar with a clash that echoed into the woods.
Fiction book (1997) -
Rome moved to the sound of harps, trumpets, drums, and the clash of cymbals.
Fiction book (1998) -
I jumped at the sound, a metallic clash from downstairs echoing against the walls.
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The mountains rang with the clash of metal against metal as Hag-NaGog clashed against Shengu.
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The windows shudder in their frames from the force of far-off clashes with the police.
Synonyms
237
1.3
A sudden loud noise from a hit or impact
85
2.1
A loud noise when something hits or closes suddenly
63
2.4
A loud sudden noise made by things hitting each other
28
3.9
A loud ringing sound when metal hits metal
15
5.2
A loud metallic sound that often repeats or echoes
15
3.6
A sudden loud sound when one thing hits another
10
1.2
A sudden very loud noise often from an explosion or crash
8
5.5
A loud continuous noise that repeats and sounds forceful
1
1.3
Sudden loud noises like small explosions
1
8.4
A loud, continuous ringing metal sound like bells or machines
A loud metallic sound that repeats, like bells ringing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A hurling match between teams, named for wooden sticks called hurleys striking together
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Clash as a noun names that loud, ringing noise when hard objects strike each other, because the word itself imitates the actual sound, similar to clang or crash. So a clash is the loud, often repeating noise you hear when things are struck together.