accident

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ac·ci·dent / ˈaksidənt/ • n. 1. an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. ∎  a crash involving road or other vehicles, typically one that causes serious damage or injury. ∎ inf. used euphemistically to refer to an incidence of incontinence, typically by a child or an animal.2. an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause: the pregnancy was an accident. ∎  the working of fortune; chance: he came to Harvard largely through accident.3. Philos. (in Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing that is not essential to its nature.

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