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allision (noun):

1 obsolete : the action of dashing against or striking upon
2: the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary – distinguished from collision

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Late Latin allision-, allisio, from Latin allisus (past participle of allidere to strike against, from ad- + -lidere, from laedere to hurt) + -ion-, -io -ion. First recorded use of allision was in 1615

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