noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ major , serious
▪ little , minor , small , trivial ( esp. BrE )
▪ further
▪
After nearly falling twice, she managed to make it to the top of the cliff without further ~.
▪ entire , whole
▪
He came to regret the whole ~.
▪ actual , real , real-life
▪
The story is based on an actual ~.
▪ alleged
▪ recorded ( esp. BrE ), reported
▪ latest , recent
▪ past
▪ bad , horrible , horrific , nasty , terrible , ugly , unpleasant , unsavoury ( BrE )
▪
some of the worst ~s of urban violence
▪ traumatic
▪ violent
▪ deadly , fatal , tragic
▪ dramatic
▪ controversial ( esp. BrE )
▪ famous , high-profile
▪ infamous
▪ regrettable ( esp. BrE ), unfortunate
▪ embarrassing
▪ bizarre , curious , mysterious , strange , unusual
▪ amusing
▪ separate , unrelated
▪
The police said that two men had been arrested in unrelated ~s.
▪ isolated
▪
It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated ~.
▪ domestic
▪ racial
▪ border
▪
Talks were called off following a border ~.
▪ diplomatic , international
▪
An error in the translation nearly caused a diplomatic ~.
▪ security
▪
No major security ~s happened at the Olympic Games that year.
▪ terrorist
▪ nuclear
▪ bombing , shooting , stabbing
▪ pollution ( BrE )
▪ friendly-fire
▪ alcohol-related
▪ off-the-ball ( BrE , sports )
▪
She received a serious jaw injury in an off-the-ball ~.
VERB + INCIDENT
▪ cause , create , provoke
▪ be responsible for
▪
The group is believed to have been responsible for several terrorist ~s.
▪ be involved in
▪
The tennis star became involved in an ~ with the umpire.
▪ experience
▪
He was asked whether he had ever experienced any ~s of discrimination.
▪ deal with ( esp. BrE ), handle
▪
The ~ was extremely well handled.
▪ avoid , prevent
▪ regret
▪ see , witness
▪ recall , remember
▪
He recalled a similar ~ 14 months earlier.
▪ forget
▪ describe , recount , relate
▪
She described the ~ as outrageous.
▪
They all laughed as he recounted the amusing ~.
▪ discuss , talk about
▪ cite
▪ explain
▪ downplay ( esp. AmE ), play down ( esp. BrE )
▪
the government's desire to play down the ~
▪ report
▪
The pedestrian who had nearly been run over reported the ~ to the police.
▪ investigate
▪ be hurt in , be injured in , be killed in
▪ survive
▪ pass off without ( BrE ), pass without , proceed without ( esp. AmE )
▪
The demonstration passed without ~.
INCIDENT + VERB
▪ happen , occur , take place
▪ arise , arise from sth , arise out of sth
▪
~s arising out of an industrial dispute
▪ involve sb/sth
▪
a minor ~ involving a bus
▪ cause sth , lead to sth , prompt sth , result in sth , spark sth
▪
The ~ sparked a riot which lasted three days.
▪ demonstrate sth , illustrate sth , prove sth , show sth
▪
Saturday's ~ illustrates the fragility of the peace in the country.
INCIDENT + NOUN
▪ room ( BrE )
▪
An ~ room was set up at a police station near the site of the crash.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ with ( often humorous )
▪
His back still hurts from an ~ with a vacuum cleaner.
▪ following an/the ~
▪
He was asked to leave the club following an ~ with a knife.
▪ in an/the ~
▪
Three soldiers were wounded in the ~.
▪ over an/the ~
▪
She was never disciplined over the ~.
▪ without ~
▪
The patrol had covered 200 miles without ~.