accident : Idioms & Phrases
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accident surgery
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noun the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents
traumatology.
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accident-prone
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adjective satellite having more than the average number of accidents
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cerebrovascular accident
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noun a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
stroke; CVA; apoplexy.
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fatal accident
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noun an accident that causes someone to die
casualty.
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inevitable accident
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noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
force majeure; act of God; unavoidable casualty; vis major.
- he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God
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The chapter of accidents
- chance. Marryat.
