INCIDENT


Meaning of INCIDENT in English

[noun] [C] - an event which is either unpleasant or unusualThe attack on defenceless civilians was an isolated incident which will not happen again.A 23-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting incident which occurred outside a pub on Saturday night.Police fears of violence at the demonstration proved to be unfounded when it passed off without incident.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.