Accident and Want

Accident

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

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

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Accident and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accident" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old accident	old want
complete	complete accident	complete want
total	total accident	total want
original	original accident	original want
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, little, bad, horrible, minor, mysterious, last.

Lost: Juliet asks Jack to kill Ben during surgery because some of the others want change, "but it has to look like an accident".

Source: Make It Look Like an Accident
People always seem to arrive by "accident." It's never by accident; it's because the island and/or Jacob want them to be there.

Source: Series / Lost
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

Source: Evil Colonialist

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