allision

/əˈlɪʒən/

Etymology

From Latin allisiō (“striking or dashing against”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from allīsus (“dashed or crushed against”), past participle of allīdō (“to dash or crush against”) (whence allide), from ad- (“to, toward, against”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence al- (“assimilated form of ad-”)).

allision means the striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

allision is pronounced /əˈlɪʒən/.

noun

The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof.“Implicit in the presumption operable here is the standard to which the operator is held: prudently navigated vessels do not allide with wharfs or moored vessels or aids to navigation. Evidence of compliance with the required standard of care might take the form of evidence of inevitable accident, evidence of superior force, or even evidence negating the happening of the allision. In short, evidenc”
The act of dashing against or striking upon.“There have not been any islands of note, or considerable extent, torn and cast off from the continent by earthquakes, or severed from it by the boisterous allision of the sea.”