Incident and Mate

Incident

Incident noun - Something that is found along with something else.

Usage example: a teen discovering that taxes are the inevitable and evil incident of a paying job

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

Mate noun - Either of a pair matched in one or more qualities.

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Incident and mate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Mate".

Nearby Words: mated, mating, matey

current	current incident	current mate
original	original incident	original mate
true	true incident	true mate
single	single incident	single mate
Other adjectives: actual, real, bad, terrible, last, previous.

Based on a real incident aboard USS Seadragon, a pharmacist's mate performs an emergency appendectomy on one of his crewmates.

Source: Meatgrinder Surgery
To poor Demeter, however, whose mostly Fanon distaste for Tugger is legendary and who would have LOVED to see a large turkey decide Tugger was its mate it will forever be a Noodle Incident.

Source: Noodle Incident / Fan Works
It seems like a diplomatic incident is looming since she now loves Picard and not the man she is intended to marry, but being the prefect mate for Picard, her sense of duty is so strong she subverts the trope and goes through with the wedding anyway in order to end the war and save lives.

Source: Child Marriage Veto

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