incident

incident
noun
ADJECTIVE
major, serious
little, minor, small, trivial (esp. BrE)
further

After nearly falling twice, she managed to make it to the top of the cliff without further incident.

entire, whole

He came to regret the whole incident.

actual, real, real-life

The story is based on an actual incident.

alleged
recorded (esp. BrE), reported
latest, recent
past
bad, horrible, horrific, nasty, terrible, ugly, unpleasant, unsavoury (BrE)

some of the worst incidents of urban violence

traumatic
violent
deadly, fatal, tragic
dramatic
controversial (esp. BrE)
famous, high-profile
infamous
regrettable (esp. BrE), unfortunate
embarrassing
bizarre, curious, mysterious, strange, unusual
amusing
separate, unrelated

The police said that two men had been arrested in unrelated incidents.

isolated

It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident.

domestic
racial
border

Talks were called off following a border incident.

diplomatic, international

An error in the translation nearly caused a diplomatic incident.

security

No major security incidents happened at the Olympic Games that year.

terrorist
nuclear
bombing, shooting, stabbing
pollution (BrE)
friendly-fire
alcohol-related
off-the-ball (BrE, sports)

She received a serious jaw injury in an off-the-ball incident.

VERB + INCIDENT
cause, create, provoke
be responsible for

The group is believed to have been responsible for several terrorist incidents.

be involved in

The tennis star became involved in an incident with the umpire.

experience

He was asked whether he had ever experienced any incidents of discrimination.

deal with (esp. BrE), handle

The incident was extremely well handled.

avoid, prevent
regret
see, witness
recall, remember

He recalled a similar incident 14 months earlier.

forget
describe, recount, relate

She described the incident as outrageous.

They all laughed as he recounted the amusing incident.

discuss, talk about
cite
explain
downplay (esp. AmE), play down (esp. BrE)

the government's desire to play down the incident

report

The pedestrian who had nearly been run over reported the incident to the police.

investigate
be hurt in, be injured in, be killed in
survive
pass off without (BrE), pass without, proceed without (esp. AmE)

The demonstration passed without incident.

INCIDENT + VERB
happen, occur, take place
arise, arise from sth, arise out of sth

incidents arising out of an industrial dispute

involve sb/sth

a minor incident involving a bus

cause sth, lead to sth, prompt sth, result in sth, spark sth

The incident sparked a riot which lasted three days.

demonstrate sth, illustrate sth, prove sth, show sth

Saturday's incident illustrates the fragility of the peace in the country.

INCIDENT + NOUN
room (BrE)

An incident room was set up at a police station near the site of the crash.

PREPOSITION
incident with (often humorous)

His back still hurts from an incident with a vacuum cleaner.

following an/the incident

He was asked to leave the club following an incident with a knife.

in an/the incident

Three soldiers were wounded in the incident.

over an/the incident

She was never disciplined over the incident.

without incident

The patrol had covered 200 miles without incident.


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