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FATAL ACCIDENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accident that causes someone to die

Synonyms:

casualty; fatal accident

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("fatal accident" is a kind of...):

accident (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)

fatality; human death (a death resulting from an accident or a disaster)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fatal accident"):

collateral damage ((euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations)

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