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 Reputational risks Trump’s regulators are handing ⁠Wall Street banks major capital relief and have already clashed with Democrats when defending their policies during congressional hearings. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors and defense attorneys have clashed over whether DNA evidence revealed the killer or an unreliable investigation where key physical evidence vanished. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The same group clashed with soldiers Friday in the municipality of Timbio, killing a sergeant, according to the army. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Batiste told us his free spirit clashed with the school's more structured methods. — Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 The candidates also clashed over immigration enforcement and deportation policy, healthcare, and high gas prices. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 Mills, sympathetic to conspiratorial beliefs about the 2020 election and hailed by some election skeptics as a champion of voting integrity, has long clashed with members, squabbling over his power. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Police and protesters clashed in Brussels on Friday as tens of thousands of people rallied separately in the Belgian capital against rising living costs and budget-tightening measures introduced by the government. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 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

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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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Detectives say the video and phone data conflicted with his account.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
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

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