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Re: collision or ?
The clue is the "co-" in "collision". It means two (or more) moving objects running into each other. "Co-" means "with" or "together"
You cannot "collide" with a bridge, for example -- the bridge doesn't run into you. If you hit a bridge, just like if you hit anything which is not moving, that's an allision.
"co-
"in Latin, the form of com- "together, with" in compounds with stems beginning in vowels, h-, and gn-; see com-. Taken in English from 17c. as a living prefix meaning "together, mutually, in common," and used promiscuously with native words (co-worker) and Latin-derived words not beginning with vowels (codependent), including some already having it (co-conspirator)."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/co-
"a- (1)
"prefix or inseparable particle, a relic of various Germanic and Latin elements.
In words derived from Old English, it commonly represents Old English an "on, in, into" . . . "
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=a-
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"You sea! I resign myself to you also . . . . I guess what you mean,
I behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers,
I believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me;
We must have a turn together . . . . I undress . . . . hurry me out of sight of the land,
Cushion me soft . . . . rock me in billowy drowse,
Dash me with amorous wet . . . . I can repay you."
Walt Whitman
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