Word Finder - clashes

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A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.

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I heard a clash from the kitchen, and rushed in to find the cat had knocked over some pots and pans.

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A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

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A match; a game between two sides.

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An angry argument

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Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

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a clash of beliefs

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A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.

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She was wearing a horrible clash of red and orange.

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An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.

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Chatter; gossip; idle talk.

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To make a clashing sound.

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The cymbals clashed.

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To cause to make a clashing sound.

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To come into violent conflict.

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Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.

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To argue angrily.

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(in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.

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(of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

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The hotel room was ugly, and the wallpaper clashed with the carpet.

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(of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

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I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.

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To chatter or gossip.

It was the scene of two of the "battles" of the "Border War," and of much of the political violence resulting from the clashes between the "pro-slavery" and the "free-state" factions of Missouri and Kansas.

As in real life, it is likely you will run into personality clashes.

For example, you wouldn't want to pair an emerald cut gemstone with a rounded black pearl because it clashes.

Personality clashes are quite common with Sgt Walden as he takes no nonsense from the stars.

As Les prefers to make it up as he goes along, Seth's style often clashes with his father's.

She clashes regularly with other people on the show, including the other housewives.

Many parents feel that having control over what their child learns and the ability to prevent clashes between academics and religious beliefs are two of the most important homeschooling advantages.

This is to let him or her know that your intentions are good, and you aren't just staring at him because his jacket clashes with his pants or she's got broccoli stuck in her teeth!

The Twilight world set in Forks, Washington with its supernatural clashes between vampires, werewolves and humans has a blend of adventure, mystery, suspense and romance that people of all ages can appreciate.

As the bull of the zodiac, Taurus goes well with Virgo and Pisces, but clashes with Leo.

It may be that the color clashes with the flowers or the bridesmaids' dresses, or it could be that the bride wants to keep things low key.

In addition to showing off some of the most magnificent houses in California, viewers are treated to a front row seat for watching the ego clashes and high drama interactions of the often eccentric agents.

Right away, Taylor clashes with just about everyone, but it is Arian who proves to be the biggest troublemaker of the bunch.

There was a great deal of infighting between the contestants, and as the show progressed the personality clashes only increased.

She clashes with Olivia and her fellow staff members frequently, but her reputation as a top stylist -even at only two years into her career- make her worth the trouble for the Gatsby.

There was no chaos, riots, dirty bombs, clashes.

Will Birmingham City continue with their dominance of the Derby clashes?

He or she will be present throughout your wedding day, so personality clashes should be avoided.

It is up to Joint Honors students to ensure there are no timetable clashes.

Clashes with police broke out after the CPE demos.

In Assam a separatist insurgency killed hundreds; so have tribal clashes in other states.

On one side there was waste ground where houses recently destroyed in inter ethnic clashes had not been rebuilt.

A few years later, in 1984, the North of England the was scene of violent clashes between police and striking coal miners.

Once that is done you can run " restrained refinement ", and bad VDW clashes should be corrected fairly reliably.

It also has its touching moments amid the exciting clashes of bronze swords.

A second successive scoreless stalemate means Alan Curbishley 's side has only been breached once in the last seven top-flight clashes on home territory.

The last charge is particularly sensitive at a time when anti-U.S. sentiment is high in the region amid bloody Israeli-Palestinian clashes.

The lowest times for me in Durham were the clashes of cultures when it came to socializing with members of other cultures.

Since there are many steric clashes, we will need to run a short minimisation of this structure before starting molecular dynamics.

There will, of course, be inevitable clashes between global standards and local diversity, between autonomy and surrendering sovereignty.

People are coming to my course in place of their first choices because of timetable clashes.

Violent clashes at Stonehenge in 1988 and the undercurrent of tension in the hot summer of 1989 are still vivid memories.

The disturbances were triggered by clashes in Nottingham the previous week around which the press whipped up anti-black hysteria.

But Nancy 's rebellious nature clashes with the Social Register set, and she yearns to return home to a post-Civil War Virginia.

Frozen basil tastes best when used in culinary dishes such as pesto, stews or sauces where a drop or two of olive oil just adds to the dish rather than clashes with it.

That's because you don't want to spend a bushel of money only to find out that the dress you chose clashes with your skin tone!

Classic black dress shoes are probably the best type of shoes to wear with a colored tux, unless your tux color clashes with the black.

If you plan to include container gardens in front of your home, be sure to choose a style the compliments rather than clashes with your home's overall appearance.

I, for one, came in expecting fast-moving, action-oriented clashes, but was surprised and, quite frankly, disappointed by the rather deliberate pace of battle.

As you would expect, there are many fights and clashes in the house.

The rivalry of these two state governments, clashes of arms, the recognition by the Federal authorities of the radical Republican government (Pinchback and Kellogg, successively governors) followed.

Intel inside CeBit clashes with Intel's Developer Forum in California, so the chipmaker might not deliver too many bombshells in Hanover.

Genre (3 pages )... you can get the odd break dancing when clashes break out.

The new versions should have less chance of name clashes.

Kosova This week further armed clashes were reported in the in the Kosovan town of Mitrovica.

At the same time it cannot be broadly said that Christianity took a decisive side in the metaphysical controversy on free-will and necessity; since, just as in Greek philosophy the need of maintaining freedom as the ground of responsibility clashes with the conviction that no one deliberately chooses his own harm, so in Christian ethics it clashes with the attribution of all true human virtue to supernatural grace, as well as with the belief in divine foreknowledge.

Statehood, therefore, was not granted until the 4th of January 1896, owing to the apparent hostility of the Mormon authorities to non-Mormon settlers and to repeated clashes between the Mormon Church and the United States government regarding extent of control, polygamous practices, &c. And even after the admission of the state these questions arose in the matter of seating prominent Mormons who were elected to Congress.