“Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullsh__, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss.
[WHAM! CRUNCH!]
"Look, they nearly missed!"
"Yes, but not quite.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide
Definition of collide
collided; colliding
intransitive verb
1 :to come together with solid or direct impact ·The car collided with a tree.
·Two helicopters collided.
2 :clash ·colliding cultures
·Science and religion collided in the court.