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Another word for accident

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accident

n.

An unexpected misfortune
mishap, mischance, setback, collision; see collision 1, disaster, misfortune 2.
Chance, or a chance happening
fortune, chance, luck, adventure, contingency, occurrence, happening, circumstance, turn, unforeseen occurrence, fortuity, event, occasion, befalling, fluke*; see also chance 1.

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Another word for accident

noun

An unexpected and usually undesirable event:
casualty, contretemps, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap. See help, surprise
An unexpected random event:
chance, fluke, fortuity, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See certain, surprise

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A car accident killed them both.
How did the accident happen?
It was an accident, wasn't it?
Won't most of the people know about your accident and loss of memory?
Just before the accident, I heard a siren and then saw a white car speeding down the mountain.

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