adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accidental damage (= caused by an accident )
▪
The insurance covers you for accidental damage to your possessions while you are on holiday.
accidental death (= caused by accident, not deliberately )
▪
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
accidental death
an accidental hero (= someone who becomes a hero by chance )
▪
He became an accidental hero after discovering the injured child while out walking.
an accidental/chance discovery (= happening by chance )
▪
Some of the tombs were the result of chance discoveries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
damage
▪
Yet another option is to buy a policy which itself covers accidental damage without the need for buying a separate extension.
▪
Most expensive of all is an all-risks policy which also gives wide cover against accidental damage .
▪
Personal Liability ... Up to £500,000 To cover your legal liability for accidental injury to third parties or accidental damage to their property.
▪
The pipes or cables must require repair or replacement due to accidental damage not due to wear and tear.
▪
All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage .
▪
The cost of tracing the damage is covered provided there has been accidental damage to the pipes or cables.
▪
We found it was more useful in stopping the debarking of trees or accidental damage to shrubs.
death
▪
On 4 December 1985 the inquest returned a verdict of accidental death .
▪
Many more accidents and accidental deaths occur off the job than at work.
▪
The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death .
▪
Such reports are routine in the case of accidental death , he said.
▪
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest last week.
▪
Personally, I'd put my money on accidental death without a second thought.
▪
Extra benefits include cash payments of up to £13,000 for certain permanent injuries and £2,500 left to your estate following accidental death .
injury
▪
Personal Liability ... Up to £500,000 To cover your legal liability for accidental injury to third parties or accidental damage to their property.
▪
In contrast, accidental injuries rose only 6 percent.
▪
On top of all these was the risk of accidental injury or death.
▪
Personal liability £1,000,000 Your legal liability for accidental injury to third parties or damage to their property.
loss
▪
At the extreme, accidental loss of life could result in the charge of manslaughter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
A system of valves limits accidental releases of the substance.
▪
Are you insured against accidental damage to your property?
▪
Regulations are need to limit accidental releases of these chemicals.
▪
She touched his elbow so timidly that he thought it must have been accidental .
▪
They believe that miscalculations made on the tax forms were purely accidental .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
It is better not to extend what was, after all, an accidental and purely professional relationship.
▪
Lugar, 63, has tried to portray his life in politics as merely accidental .
▪
Seven years later, it lost its second main tourist accommodation when the Lake was burned down in an accidental fire.
▪
Sister Aimee died in 1944, from an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.
▪
Such reports are routine in the case of accidental death, he said.
▪
The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death.
▪
The group, which includes about 600 financial planners from around the country, contends the confusion is not accidental .
▪
This standard ensures the unit is waterproof and so prevents an accidental , and potentially fatal, combination of water and electricity.