clash

[klæʃ]

Definition:
1. A loud resonant repeating noise.
2. A state of conflict between persons.
3. A minor short-term fight.
4. Crash together with violent impact.
5. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict.
6. Disagree violently.

Use 'clash' in a sentence:

1. It seems that what lay behind the clashes was disagreement over the list of candidates.
2. She clashed the cymbals.
3. The detective changed his holiday dates when his flight was brought forward and it now clashed with the trial.
4. All these things clash in my brain at once.
5. The culture clash made my team’s job harder.
6. Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values.
7. The leaders and members clashed on the issue.
8. It turns out we're having a clash of generations.
9. But it sometimes feels like a culture clash.
10. Third, there is no essential culture clash.
11. The idea that there is a religious basis for this clash is illusory, for not even the Pope has been able to control it.
12. Principles often clash with interests.
13. The two teams clash in tomorrow's final.
14. Gwadar is where dreams clash with reality.
15. Tonight's clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being heralded as the match of the season.
16. Peter's voice rang out. In another moment the clash of arms was resounding through the ship.
17. A group of 400 demonstrators clashed with police.
18. The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
19. As I had the breakfast downstairs, a ringing clash came out from the washroom while I was dipping the last bite of porridge by the soap spoon.
20. The police said the clash was a sequel to yesterday's nationwide strike.
21. Crowds appeared at the arraignments, clashing with security forces.
22. The stringed instruments clash.
23. They don't; sometimes they clash.
24. Don't make any policy decisions which clash with official company thinking.
25. It's a pity the two concerts clash; I want to go to both.
26. A clash of civilisations is not inevitable.
27. Those black shoes clash with that white skirt.
28. Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators.
29. Several policemen were injured in the clashes.
30. Styles clash, mix, mingle.
31. Do abundance and sufficiency really have to clash?
32. Above, where all had been so still, the air was rent with shrieks and the clash of steel.
33. The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls.
34. The astonishing distrust of the news media isn't rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.
35. Here, morality and good sentiments clash headlong.
36. The two sets of supporters clashed outside the stadium.
37. A clash with America over farm subsidies had left the Europeans and their common agricultural policy shaken but not stirred.
38. They have clashing personalities.
39. The wallpaper clashes with the carpet.
40. The wallpaper and the carpet clash.
41. After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country.
42. The leaders clashed with party members on the issue.
43. When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire.
44. There are two good movies on TV tonight, but they clash.
45. The two sheets of flame clashed, soaring hundreds of feet high.
46. Inside government, there was a clash of views.
47. The long blades clashed together.
48. His left-wing views clashed with his father's politics.
49. The only victors in a head-on clash between the president and the assembly would be the hardliners on both sides.
50. This is ambitious in any circumstances, and in a divided and unequal society the two ideals can clash outright.
51. These clashes could develop into open warfare.
52. Unfortunately your party clashes with a wedding I'm going to.
53. What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand.
54. There are likely to be tensions and personality clashes in any social group.