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accidental death
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An inquest had been held and a verdict of accidental death returned.
▪ Deputy Coroner Mr Pollard recorded verdicts of accidental death and said he was satisfied what had happened had been purely an accident.
▪ It seemed to be pretty much an open and shut case of accidental death, apart from the problem of identifying him.
▪ On 4 December 1985 the inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
▪ Personally, I'd put my money on accidental death without a second thought.
▪ Such reports are routine in the case of accidental death, he said.
▪ The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death.

Usage examples of "accidental death".

If the coroner doesn't return a verdict of accidental death I shall be greatly surprised.

Surely, Hamish, if Strathbane have decided it's an accidental death, then it must be.

At length the accidental death of the son of Triarius ^13 destroyed the balance which the Romans had been so anxious to preserve, the whole nation acknowledged the supremacy of the Amali, and the Byzantine court subscribed an ignominious and oppressive treaty.

And the three men discussed giving me an accidental death on the orders of one Cappy.

The murder and suicide rates shot up a thousand-fold, as did the incidence of accidental death.

Our daughter has been exonerated for all guilt in the accidental death of Mark-Kan.

At least that's what the coroner's report had said, but when the coroner/sheriff was a close friend of the family, it wasn't hard to switch death by suicide to accidental death by overdose of drugs and alcohol, and let tongues wag until they bled about the Savoy Curse.

Since longevity is invariably a result of vampirism, barring accidental death or fatal diseases the lifespan of the victim, then a vampire in his own right, might easily extend to many hundreds and perhaps even thousands of years.