serious accident

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandaccident

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofseriousandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Interspersed with his numerous minor accidents will be an occasionalseriousaccident.
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A veryseriousaccidentcaused a paralysis of both his legs.
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It caused aseriousaccident.
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She had aseriousaccident.
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Following aseriousaccidenttwo years before, he had been unable to work but had yet to receive a pension.
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That was aseriousaccidentto her.
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It is vulnerable to aseriousaccident.
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That still involves aseriousaccident.
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I was involved in aseriousaccident.
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There was recently another veryseriousaccident.
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This is a veryseriousaccident.
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It was a veryseriousaccident.
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We saw a veryseriousaccident.
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Aseriousaccidentis likely to result in that.
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This has, of course, been an extremelyseriousaccident.
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Only oneseriousaccidenthas been reported since work began.
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It may involve a death orseriousaccident.
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He finally had aseriousaccidentand broke his back.
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Therefore, the prospect of aseriousaccidentis grim.
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It merely reduces the possibility of aseriousaccident.
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This was, of course, much the moreseriousaccident.
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There is aseriousaccidentjust waiting to happen.
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I do not know how we avoided aseriousaccident.
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Only afterseriousaccidentis there any serious public investigation.
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There has been oneseriousaccidenton the road already.
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