"head-on collision" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: head-on collisions [plural]
Etymology: From head-on + collision. Etymology templates: {{com|en|head-on|collision}} head-on + collision Head templates: {{en-noun}} head-on collision (plural head-on collisions)
  1. (transport) A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision. Wikipedia link: head-on collision Categories (topical): Transport Synonyms: cornfield meet, head-on, frontal collision Translations (front end collision involving two vehicles): челен удар (čelen udar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nokkakolari (Finnish), collision frontale [feminine] (French), colisión frontal [feminine] (Galician), Frontalzusammenstoß [masculine] (German), scontro frontale [masculine] (Italian), 충돌 (chungdol) (Korean), frontkollisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), frontkollisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), frontalkrock [common-gender] (Swedish), ชนประสานงา (chon-bprà-sǎan-ngaa) (Thai)

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