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An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
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to die by an accident
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Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.
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My insurance went up after the second accident in three months.
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Any chance event.
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Chance.
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Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.
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Beauty is an accident.
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An instance of incontinence.
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An unintended pregnancy.
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A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
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(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
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An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
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A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
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A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
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Casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
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Appearance, manifestation.