terrible accident

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandaccident

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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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 ofterribleandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While crossing the road, the boy is caught in aterribleaccident, which critically injures him.
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There could have been aterribleaccident.
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Thatterribleaccidentshowed how our world had become one.
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Their car was involved in aterribleaccident.
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No palliative will really effectually reduce this terrible death-rate and thisterribleaccidentrate.
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She may not have understood and it was all aterribleaccident.
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But what about the poor man who years ago was involved in aterribleaccident?
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Years ago he worked in a pit and suffered aterribleaccident.
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It might have reduced the casualties and deaths that occurred in thisterribleaccident.
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It is one of the cheapest ways in which to get down thisterribleaccidenttoll.
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That is the only way in which anotherterribleaccidentcan be avoided.
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Not so long ago, we lost four fishermen in aterribleaccidentinvolving a nuclear submarine.
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It was horrific news, but we thought that aterribleaccidenthad occurred.
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The systems employed by the company employing him were not particularly good and, as a result, thatterribleaccidentoccurred.
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Of course relatives do not want to have to jump to a decision after a sudden,terribleaccident.
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I do not believe that we can find out the causes of such aterribleaccidentin that way.
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Many scores of people saw thisterribleaccident, which might easily have involved the loss of life.
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Surely a little more complexity is acceptable if it results in reduction in theterribleaccidentrate.
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I offer also our deepest sympathy to the relatives of those who were injured in yesterday'sterribleaccident.
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He had aterribleaccidenttwo weeks ago when his car overturned, but he emerged with only a scratch.
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The other day we read of aterribleaccidentin which three motor cyclists were burnt to death.
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We know that he has energy and drive and that he will use them to reduce thisterribleaccidentrate.
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They will wish to express the deepest personal sympathy with the relatives of those who perished in thisterribleaccident.
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As a royal palace, and so exempt from health and safety regulations, it is aterribleaccidentwaiting to happen.
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Had it not stopped, that would have added yet another horrendous aspect to this alreadyterribleaccident.
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