incidentnoun
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/B2 [ C ] an event that is either unpleasant or unusual:
an isolated/serious/unfortunate incident
A youth was seriously injured in a shooting incident on Saturday night.
without incident
with nothing unpleasant or unusual happening:
Despite fears of violence, the demonstration passed off without incident.
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- I'm trying not to let my judgment be coloured by that one incident.
- The foregoing account was written 50 years after the incident.
- There is to be an official inquiry into the incident.
- That incident planted doubts about him in my mind.
- The footballer is likely to receive a three-match suspension following an incident in yesterday's game.
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Events and occurrences
- -athon
- a close call idiom
- a close/near thing idiom
- action
- all-nighter
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant idiom
- call
- development
- event
- goings-on
- happening
- jamboree
- life event
- milestone
- past
- spectacle
- synchronicity
- to-ing and fro-ing
- turn of events
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Peaceful and tranquil
incidentadjective
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt//ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/specializedtouching or hitting the surface of something:
an incident ray/wave
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Physics: energy, force & power
- barometric pressure
- binding energy
- bioenergy
- chemical bond
- constructive interference
- depressurize
- drag
- dynamics
- gravitation
- jet propulsion
- joule
- potential energy
- shock
- stress fracture
- strong force
- the sound barrier
- thermodynamics
- vector
- waveform
- weak force
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