History
History
Show in Sentence
 Show Synonyms 

1) to come together violently by accident (collide)

2) a person or thing found by accident or after effort, especially something remarkable or impressive (find)

3) a person who finds (an object) by accident (finder)

4) harm; damage; a hurt or damage to the body, caused by an accident (injury)

5) (an event caused by) bad luck or an accident (misadventure)

6) (an instance of) bad luck; unlucky accident (mishap)

7) a person, animal etc suffering injury, pain, loss etc because of circumstances, an event, war, an accident etc (victim)

Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
catastrophe

a sudden event causing great suffering and destruction e.g. a flood

calamity; unhappy conclusion

circumstance

conditions, facts etc connected with an event or person

situation, condition

contingency

an uncertain event (especially one causing problems)

chance happening; possibility

damage

harm or break that causes loss of value

injury, loss

emergency

(in the event of) a serious and dangerous happening or situation needing quick action

crisis, danger

event

something (usually important) that happens or has happened

occurrence, happening

fatality

a death by accident, in war etc

death, loss; ability to cause such

fluke

an instance of accidental good luck

chance occurrence

hardship

(an instance of) serious suffering; difficult conditions

personal burden

loss

failure to keep, maintain or use something

misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

misadventure

(an event caused by) bad luck or an accident

bad luck, mishap

mischance

(an instance of) bad luck

unpredictable outcome

misfortune

(an instance of) bad luck (which is more usual)

disaster

occurrence

a happening; event

happening, development

pile-up

a crash involving many vehicles

collision; defeat

risk

(an instance of) a possibility or chance (of meeting danger, suffering loss, injury etc)

chance taken

smash

violently; an act, sound, of something breaking to pieces; (to cause something) to break with force into small pieces

collision; defeat

ACCIDENT as in Wiktionary
ACCIDENT as in Wikipedia