Accident and Spill

Accident

Accident noun - A chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury.

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

Spill noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Accident and spill are semantically related in fall topic. Sometimes you can use "Accident" instead a noun "Spill".

nasty	nasty accident	nasty spill
small	small accident	small spill
massive	massive accident	massive spill
big	big accident	big spill
Other adjectives: embarrassing, dangerous, bad, infamous, terrible, disastrous, major, minor, deadly, recent, resulting.

It was long rumored that Joseph Hazelwood, skipper of the Exxon Valdez was drunk at the time of the accident, which caused the grounding and terrible oil spill.

Source: The Drunken Sailor
Season 5 opens with an accident at an offshore oil rig, followed by an oil spill that sets further events in motion.

Source: Western Animation / Winx Club
The accident report and environmental-impact paperwork after a particularly nasty chemical spill is implied to be considerable, at any rate.

Source: Fan Fic / The Next Frontier

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