natural event

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natural event - an event that happens happening, occurrence, occurrentevent - something that happens at a given place and timeaccompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence, attendant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anotheravalanche - a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"treat - an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delightmiracle - any amazing or wonderful occurrencemarvel, wonder - something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"thing - an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related eventscontingence, contingency, eventuality - a possible event or occurrence or resultbeginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"one-off - a happening that occurs only once and is not repeatedperiodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervalsalteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"computer error, error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computerchance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"fire - the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"incident - a single distinct eventdischarge - the sudden giving off of energycase, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingfailure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"success - an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs"appearance - the event of coming into sightdestiny, fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the futuredisappearance - the event of passing out of sightdisappearance - ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"impinging, striking, contact - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"union - the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"news event - a newsworthy eventflash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energyconvergence - the occurrence of two or more things coming togetherjuncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"flare-up, outburst, burst - a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"outbreak, irruption, eruption - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"setback, reversal, reverse, black eye, blow - an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating