Grounds and Incident

Grounds

Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Synonyms for Grounds

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

Incident

Incident noun - Something that happens.

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

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  • Light Novel / Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka? She later speculates he was chosen specifically because he was likely to cause an incident that could be used as grounds for a war.
  • Film / Anaconda It's later revealed that he staged the entire incident to manipulate the crew to follow him to the Anaconda's feeding grounds and serve as bait.
  • Streisand Effect After an incident in 2011 where police pepper-sprayed protesting students who were already in custody on the grounds of the campus, UC Davis paid upwards of US$175,000 to try to prevent the incident from coming up in searches related to the university or its Chancellor, Linda P.B.
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