Crash and Tragedy

Crash

Crash noun - The violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact.

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Tragedy and crash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tragedy" instead a noun "Crash".

Nearby Words: crashed, crashing

Tragedy noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.

Usage example: the earthquake was only the latest in a series of tragedies for the city

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Crash and tragedy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crash" instead a noun "Tragedy".

Nearby Word: tragedian

complete	complete crash	complete tragedy
certain	certain crash	certain tragedy
single	single crash	single tragedy
actual	actual crash	actual tragedy
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, serious, unfortunate, terrible, horrible, new, major, final, bloody, epic, worst, inevitable, next, impending, recent, ensuing, global, horrific.

Similarly, in the Alpatacal tragedy (a huge train crash in the Chilean/Argentinian border that killed several Chilean soldiers), there's the urban legend about a recruit who had survived the crash but found his friend badly injured and about to burn to death under the debris.

Source: Mercy Kill
Tragedy ensues, also because Nils Stensson misses the meeting with Olaf, only to crash into Niels Lykke.

Source: Theatre / Lady Inger at Austraat
Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus recounts this myth, though with the monster sent from Poseidon causing Hippolytus's chariot to crash and Phaedra hanging herself.

Source: Oedipus Complex

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