Fall and Happen

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Fall verb - Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.

Usage example: Light fell on her face

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Happen is a synonym for fall in occur topic. In some cases you can use "Happen" instead a verb "Fall", when it comes to topics like event.

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Happen verb - To take place.

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Fall is a synonym for happen in occur topic. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a verb "Happen".

Nearby Words: happening, happened

people	fall people	happen people
thanks	fall thanks	happen thanks
couple	fall couple	happen couple
moment	fall moment	happen moment
Other words: time, way, characters, bit, nothing, times, moments.

Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen series has World War II warships fall into an Alternate Universe where the Cretaceous extinction event didn't happen.

Source: Kraken and Leviathan
How can you prove the lava didn't just happen to be there, and you didn't just happen to fall into it?

Source: Loophole Abuse / Animated Film
Although the fall of Cocoon still manages to happen anyway, they are able to give Hope enough time to construct a new Cocoon.

Source: Colony Drop

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