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FATAL ACCIDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fatal accident mean?
• FATAL ACCIDENT (noun)
The noun FATAL ACCIDENT has 1 sense:
1. an accident that causes someone to die
Familiarity information: FATAL ACCIDENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An accident that causes someone to die
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
casualty; fatal accident
Hypernyms ("fatal accident" is a kind of...):
accident (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)
fatality; human death (a death resulting from an accident or a disaster)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fatal accident"):
collateral damage ((euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations)
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