Accident and Doom

Accident

Accident noun - The uncertain course of events.

Usage example: you shouldn't leave it to accident to decide where you'll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country

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Doom and accident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Doom" instead a noun "Accident".

Doom noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

Usage example: it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day

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Accident and doom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accident" instead a noun "Doom".

Nearby Words: doomed, dooms, dooming

pure	pure accident	pure doom
complete	complete accident	complete doom
certain	certain accident	certain doom
original	original accident	original doom
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, fiery, horrible, supposed, gruesome, minor, apparent, mysterious, flying, earlier, magical, nuclear.

Doom's face before the accident that deformed him is sometimes shown in Flashbacks.

Source: The Faceless / Comic Books
On the other hand, this does allow for the frequent accident of the villain falling to his doom.

Source: No OSHA Compliance
Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery: Doom uses the excuse that he finds Reed Richards responsible for the accident that caused his scarring as justification for hounding him.

Source: Comic Book / Doctor Doom

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