incident

/ˈɪn·sə·dənt/, /-ˌdent/ n [C/U] (EVENT)

Definition

› an event, esp. one that is either unpleasant or unusual: [C] Many shipping companies do not report incidents of piracy, for fear of raising their insurance rates. [U] The demonstration took place without incident.

(Definition of incident n (EVENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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inch n MEASUREMENT
inch v MOVE
incidence n RATE
incidence n SURFACE
incident adj HITTING A SURFACE
incident n EVENT
incidental adj
incidentally adv
incidentals pl n
incinerate v
incinerator n

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