CLASHED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

clashed

verb

past tense of clash

as in collided

to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably the colors of your shirt and pants clash a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's

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Recent Examples of clashed What began as a massive peaceful march turned violent when groups of hundreds of hardcore activists clashed with police, throwing stones and setting fire to trash containers. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 In Paris, tear gas filled the air, and trash cans, school desks and chairs were set alight as riot police with shields and batons clashed with some demonstrators. — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 DeStefano had hooked up a new piece of gear to his digital audio workstation, and the program downloaded a driver that clashed with Ableton, a ProTools-like music creation platform. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 At least one car was torched in Strasbourg in ⁠the east and riot police clashed with youths in Toulouse in the southwest. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 The two countries have long clashed over Canada's attempts to protect its dairy industry from foreign competition by imposing hefty tariffs once dairy imports have exceeded a quota. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Taj Hotels, which currently manages the Pierre, regularly clashed with the board over major repairs and everyday maintenance, too. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 The administration and Anthropic clashed this year with Pentagon officials over the company’s effort to limit how the military could use its Claude technology. — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2026 Parents have clashed with district-leaders over transparency and communication concerns since they were appointed by TEA in March. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026

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Referee Furman South briefly went down to the ice early in the third period when Vegas center Nic Dowd collided with him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
One person was killed when their car collided with an Independence Police Department patrol vehicle early Sunday, according to police.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

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San Francisco Bay Area residents, living in the beating heart of the artificial intelligence boom, are just as conflicted about the technology as the rest of the country.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
After discovering the system could capture snippets of private conversations, Blum felt conflicted.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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