What does 💥 Collision mean?
A burst of impact that shows an explosion or collision. It represents a boom, a crash or a dramatic moment of impact, like a sound effect in a comic book. It also adds emphasis to exciting news, surprises and big reveals. In hype messages it suggests something explosive, while in other contexts it simply means a crash.
💥 Collision is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (emotion symbols), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about bomb, boom, collide, comic, explode and explosion.
Example messages
💥 Collision on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Collision looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Collision emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 💥 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :boom:.
When was the Collision emoji added?
💥 Collision was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 💥 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Collision. The underlying code (U+1F4A5) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.