0 present participle of clash
Students clashed with police after demonstrations at five universities.
The government and the opposition parties have clashed over the cuts in defence spending.
This latest statement from the White House clashes with important aspects of US foreign policy.
2 If two people or teams clash in a sports competition or race, they compete seriously against each other.
3 If colours or styles clash, they look ugly or wrong together:
4 If two events clash, they happen at the same time in a way that is not convenient:
5 to make a loud noise like metal hitting metal, or to cause something to make this noise:
Then, to thunderous drumming of the big drum and clashing of the large cymbals, they dance past each other and exit in separate directions.
Social norms can regulate the nature of discussion and thus reduce the likelihood of participants clashing in their expectations.
More attention to primary sources and specific discussions of clashing interpretations would be helpful.
The numbers represent the number of clashing loci.
A text that sets up third-person against first-person narration, however, forces us to work out the underlying assumptions informing clashing narrative voices.
Under this theory of war as the product of aggression or accident, rather than clashing interests, it was pointless to look for long-standing causes.
There is stress on the mutual obligations of the teacher and student, and an exploration of some clashing obligations the teacher may encounter.
However, it seems that some assumptions clashing with the reality space may be accessible even if the overall meaning is imaginary.
