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incident
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Incident is an American film noir directed by William Beaudine and featuring Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee and Robert Osterloh.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "something which occurs casually in connection with something else," from Middle French incident and directly from Latin incidentem (nominative incidens ), present participle of incidere "happen, befall," from in- "on" + -cidere , comb. form ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incident \In"ci*dent\, n. [Cf. F. incident.] That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence. That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event. No person, no incident, in a play but must be ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a violent incident ▪ Violent incidents such as kidnapping dropped sharply last year. alleged offence/crime/incident etc ▪ their alleged involvement in international terrorism ▪ The alleged victim made the complaint at ...
Usage examples of incident.
The High Fieldmasters would excuse minor uprisings and incidents as to be expected, but a large organized revolt in Dramuria could easily prejudice him against making Acorus the successor to Ifryn.
Benjamin Rush reminded Adams of the incident in a letter written years later.
Shortly after, in another letter to Rush, Adams described a dreamlike incident in his life, the chance purchase of a young horse that reminded him of America.
As the personal quality of Agassiz was the greatest of his powers, and as my life was greatly influenced by my immediate and enduring affection for him, I am tempted to set forth some incidents which show that my swift devotion to my new-found master was not due to the accidents of the situation, or to any boyish fancy.
Our only practical experience comes from the primitive bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that ludicrous Pakistani explosion and the single airburst that destroyed Porto Alegre and terminated the incident between Brazil and Argentina.
Fourcade incident hit the airwaves, she had considered unplugging the thing.
Before relating that which I have to say about the Queen and her precautions against myself, I would not omit certain curious incidents during the journey that the King caused us to take in Alsatia and Flanders, when he captured Maestricht and Courtrai.
Shakspere--and of Moliere also, altho in a less degree--is evidenced not only by their eager adoption of an accepted type of play, an outer form of approved popularity, it is obvious also in their plots, wherein we find situations, episodes, incidents drawn from all sorts of sources.
Ever since the incident at Vitoria, the men treated Amparo as an outcast, ignoring her most of the time and speaking to her only when necessary.
There were no incidents, as Anse expected given their proximity to the town.
She had selected the La Plomo incident as the grand backdrop against which she would expose the horrible truth that would galvanize her generation into the new antinuclear movement: unnuking.
This is one of a growing number of incidents in which the rights of runaways are defended by antislavery forces in the northern states.
Mark knew perfectly well that she felt much more confident now that their first night at Appleton had passed without incident.
And you have somehow connected whatever happened on Aranea to the recent spider incidents on Earth.
As they gained ground on the field, the viscount kept Ascot well to the outside of the other horses, an obvious attempt to avoid any untoward incidents.