car accident
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcarandaccident
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car
noun[C]
uk/kɑːr/us/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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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 ofcarandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She became blind as a result of acaraccident.
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He became blind as a result of acaraccident.
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The student that her parents were injured in acaraccidentis really unhappy. 20.
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A 15-year-old girl was in acaraccidentwith multiorgan trauma.
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Just before her retirement, she had been in acaraccidentand suffered whiplash damage.
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Take the ordinary motorcaraccident.
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I have in mind the average motorcaraccident.
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For instance, a person may witness a motorcaraccident.
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One may be a victim of acaraccident, suffer injuries and loss, and then reclaim all one's damages through the insurance company.
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Early death (-£ 1 year) occurred in one patient (4%) approximately 1 year after surgery in acaraccident(non cardiac death).
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But in acaraccident, much more commonly the person has taken some alcohol and has sustained a head injury as a result of thecaraccident.
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Parents who rejected their child who became seriously disabled due, for example, to acaraccidentwould probably be considered as acting morally wrong as parents.
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One patient (case 3) died in acaraccident7 months after the procedure while in the other patient (case 4), only clinical follow up is available.
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It is also very important that we should understand what happens in acaraccident.
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That child was not brought in because she was injured in acaraccident.
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Let us look at a child who has been injured in a motorcaraccident.
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One can imagine the situation where a young man has died in acaraccident.
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If she has acaraccident, she risks prosecution for driving without insurance and for fraud.
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I recognise that in a motorcaraccidentsituation the possibilities of injury are infinite.
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We all, sadly, know someone who has come to grief in a motorcaraccident.
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Another recent case is that of a constituent who was the victim of acaraccident.
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Again, consider the case which is so familiar nowadays, of a motorcaraccident.
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This was acaraccident.
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