#misfortune__bad_luck__badluck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble supertype: #trouble an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" subtype: #pity__shame an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" subtype: #misadventure__mishap__mischance an instance of misfortune subtype: #accident a mishap; especially one causing injury or death subtype: #collision an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" subtype: #fender-bender a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage subtype: #pileup multiple collisions of vehicles subtype: #smash-up__smashup__smash a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) subtype: #crash.accident__wreck a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" subtype: #accidental_injury__injury an accident that results in physical damage or hurt subtype: #concussion.accidental_injury injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness subtype: #mutilation an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part subtype: #dismemberment__taking_apart the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces subtype: #shipwreck.accident__wreck an accident that destroys a ship at sea subtype: #capsizing (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water subtype: #fatal_accident__fatalaccident__casualty an accident that causes someone to die subtype: #near_miss an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided subtype: #derailment an accident in which a train runs off its track subtype: #ground_loop a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground subtype: #puncture.misadventure loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object subtype: #slip.misadventure__trip an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" subtype: #spill.slip__tumble__fall a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" subtype: #collapse.misadventure a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in subtype: #cave_in__subsidence the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it subtype: #fiasco__debacle a sudden and violent collapse subtype: #implosion.collapse a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb" subtype: #gravitational_collapse__gravitationalcollapse the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object subtype: #crash (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" subtype: #head_crash (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk) subtype: #calamity__catastrophe__disaster__tragedy__cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" subtype: #act_of_God__force_majeure__forcemajeure__vis_major__vismajor__inevitable_accident__unavoidable_casualty__unavoidablecasualty a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" subtype: #apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil subtype: #kiss_of_death something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career" subtype: #plague.calamity any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) subtype: #adversity a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event: "a period marked by adversities" subtype: #hardship something that causes or entails suffering: "I cannot thinking it a hardship that more more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life" subtype: #knock a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
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