incident
/ˈɪnsɪdənt/ noun B1- An event or occurrence. · She could not recall the time of the incident.· It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
- An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash.
Plural incidents
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It was his specialty to be accurate as to fact, but his recent illness had shaken him, and this one little incident was enough to show me that he was still far from being himself.
Meanwhile I pass on to the second on my list, which promised also at one time to be of national importance, and was marked by several incidents which give it a quite unique character.
“Certainly the incident was unusual.
I fear that the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career.”
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