[
UK
/klˈæʃ/
]
[ US /ˈkɫæʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫæʃ/ ]
NOUN
-
a loud resonant repeating noise
he could hear the clang of distant bells - a state of conflict between persons
-
a state of conflict between colors
her dress was a disturbing clash of colors - a minor short-term fight
VERB
-
crash together with violent impact
Two meteors clashed
The cars collided -
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
These colors clash -
disagree violently
We clashed over the new farm policies
How To Use clash In A Sentence
- Suddenly I heard a clash of metal on metal which brought me out of my thoughts - I looked up and found I could see two people fencing ahead.
- The result was something of a culture clash. Times, Sunday Times
- She wears a thick flowery hairband, several clashing necklaces and a quite revolting hairy purple cardigan with batwing sleeves.
- The three struggle to maintain a harmonious working relationship as brash youth clashes with age and experience. Times, Sunday Times
- Eight people were wounded in a clash with border guards.
- More than a fight between armies, the Middle East conflict is a clash between two national stories.
- The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
- In the fields outside of Darik, the pure sound of two clashing swords rang out.
- The fear is that these minor clashes may develop into all-out confrontation.
- Music has always had a tendency to glance back over its shoulder at the past, but the last few years has seen an unabashed spate of revivalism, from 60s garage rock posturing to the soi-disant Electro Clash phenomenon.