tragic event
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftragicandevent
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tragic
adjective
uk/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition oftragicandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Hence, it has become a taboo for people to speak about thistragicevent.
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The question remains: who, if anyone, is to blame for thistragicevent?
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It would be inappropriate, however, if we did not add our own thoughts on thistragicevent.
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Likewise, death is not merely the inevitabletragiceventthat closes out life for all of us; it also conditions most of what we find valuable and worthwhile in life.
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It was atragicevent, which highlighted the sudden and volatile nature of property catastrophes.
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I hope that we have no more such questions on thistragicevent.
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Will he realise the urgency before sometragiceventoccurs?
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That commitment still stands and, obviously, now embraces the lessons to be learnt from thistragicevent.
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We owe it to the two families not to forget the horror and the implications of such atragicevent.
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My only sadness about today's debate is that we are discussing atragiceventin the life of a great city.
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It ought to be a statement of the facts which led up to thattragicevent.
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Nobody wishes to gloss over thistragicevent, but it should be seen in the broad context of our achievements and success.
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That it was indeed atragiceventnone would be found to deny, least of all myself.
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Today, thirty-one years after thetragicevent, this is the only colliery in the district which has any hope of survival.
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That was atragiceventby any stretch of the imagination.
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Should that not be considered in the post-mortem as a result of thistragicevent?
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I have been at pains to show that we have no intention of sweeping thistragiceventunder the carpet.
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He referred to thetragiceventof 1882.
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What lessons can we learn from thattragicevent?
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