to clash
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3.2
- verb
- /klæʃ/
- I want to make sure my outfit doesn't clash.
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Watch on YouTubeIt's an expression of political systems clashing with each other for very selfish reasons.
- It's an expression of political systems clashing with each other for very selfish reasons.
- To me, I like with certain things and then other things I'm like it clashes.
- I'm just hoping that all of these colors do not clash.
- We are, you know, how do we survive together as, as cultures that don't clash?
- So, you know, you were talking about there's no camaraderie when egos are clashing.
- He says it is vain to say that enlightened statesman will be able to adjust these clashing interests.
- That's when the idealism and the realism clash.
- Shield sword words clash in the memory cloud.
- But that when shadows clash, it becomes very confusing because given what you're saying, very few people address their shadows.
- So Thoth and his brother Amin raw, they were clashing.
Examples
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These were two visions of America clashing.
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So if you are mixing two songs together that have clashing keys, it's going to sound bad.
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Now listen, initially that may not cause a clash, but in the long run, can you live with that?
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I mean, it would clash with her whole bedroom motif.
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And so you have America and Japan come clashing together in this one moment in history.
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Some of these objects clash anachronistically with the picture's subject matter.
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The trophy would just clash with your wallpaper, anyway.
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The wallpaper in the sitting room really clashes with the carpet.
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Cold air, unseasonably cold air coming down out of the northeast, clashing with this warm air mass.
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The two teams clashed over their differing strategies during the meeting.
Synonyms
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4.1
To be against something or not agree with it
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4.4
Have ideas or interests that clash
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5.6
To have a long bitter argument with someone
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6.3
To argue strongly with each other
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1.6
Not match what another thing or person shows
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A hurling match between teams, named for wooden sticks called hurleys striking together
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Etymology
Clash meaning 'not match' comes from the image of two things 'hitting' in a bad way, like ideas or styles that do not fit. So when things clash they are incompatible and do not go well together.