Clash

v. i. [imp. & p. p. CLASHED (klāsht); p. pr. & vb. n. CLASHING.] [Ger. klatschen, klitschen, Prov. Ger. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klatske, kladske, Pol. klaskać.]

1Sense 1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

2Sense 2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come in collision; to interfere.

However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. Palfrey.

n. 1. A meeting of bodies with violence; a striking together with noise; collision, or noisy collision, of bodies. “The roll of cannon and clash of arms.” Tennyson. 2. Opposition; contradiction, as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, &c. “Clashes between popes and kings.” Denham.