auto accident

collocation in English

meaningsofautoandaccident

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auto
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.təʊ/us
/ˈɑː.t̬oʊ/
a ...
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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 ofautoandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He received his commission as second lieutenant in 1968 (he missed a year due to injuries from anautoaccident).
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He sees the same man a month later actually driving a bus that is involved in a tremendousautoaccident.
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Should a customer have a coveredautoaccident, the company pays out a claim.
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The doctors believe it was triggered by theautoaccidentshe was in when she was two.
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She began playing poker in 1989, after anautoaccidentleft her disabled and unable to continue working in her field.
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Earlier that year, he was seriously injured in anautoaccident.
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In 1936, she suffered a skull fracture in anautoaccident, at age 14.
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He was criticized for this by jazz purists, although he was forced to switch by a back injury incurred in a seriousautoaccident.
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Today, only its base remains after it was destroyed in the 1960s by anautoaccident.
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Apparently depressed over her lingering injuries from anautoaccidentearlier in the year, she took a fatal overdose of sleeping pills.
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A severeautoaccidentin 1932 greatly affected his health during his remaining years.
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It had been inserted by an engineer who died in anautoaccidentbefore he could provide proper documentation for the device.
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Just before the start of the game, the two arrived, announcing they had been in anautoaccident.
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Grice again was redshirted in the 2001-2002 season after anautoaccident.
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She worked round the clock dealing with patients until she got into a seriousautoaccident.
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Following a near-fatalautoaccidentin early 1949, his debilitated condition did not agree with the grueling five-day schedule of 36 holes per day in summer heat.
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Another case study published in 1990 described the condition and management of a former female accountant who had suffered a small circumscribed left parietal subdural hematoma in anautoaccident.
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In his first fight after theautoaccidenthe is gored by a bull because of the doubt and guilt that has come into the ring with him.
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The lyrics describe a man who witnesses a hit-and-runautoaccidenton a rainy, isolated highway, and is subsequently haunted by the vision and unable to sleep.
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