Element and Incident

Element

Element noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.

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Incident and element are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Element".

Incident noun - Something that happens.

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Element and incident are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Element" instead a noun "Incident".

particular	particular element	particular incident
specific	specific element	specific incident
certain	certain element	certain incident
separate	separate element	separate incident
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, real, big, interesting, major, dramatic, missing, minor, mysterious, last, different, magical.

Kenneth Oppel's books, Airborn, Skybreaker, and Starclimber, are the very embodiment of this trope: they take place in an alternate history in which airships never lost popularity, despite the Hindenburg incident, thanks to the new element 'hydrium'.

Source: Cool Airship
There is a certain element of time-taking at work when, for example, you're supposed to be investigating a recent incident but can spend hours fishing or helping random townspeople with their problems before getting around to the investigation.

Source: Video Game / Kiseki Series
The need for proper computer security is hammered in repeatedly, as every almost single incident in the game is caused by black-hat terrorists hacking every element of the heavily networked and computerized world.

Source: Reality Ensues / Video Games

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