#misfortune__bad_luck__badluck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble
supertype: trouble an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
subtype: pity__shame an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
subtype: misadventure__mishap__mischance an instance of misfortune
subtype: accident a mishap; especially one causing injury or death
subtype: collision an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"
subtype: fender-bender a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage
subtype: pileup multiple collisions of vehicles
subtype: smash-up__smashup__smash a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
subtype: crash.accident__wreck a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
subtype: accidental_injury__injury an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
subtype: concussion.accidental_injury injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
subtype: mutilation an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
subtype: dismemberment__taking_apart the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
subtype: shipwreck.accident__wreck an accident that destroys a ship at sea
subtype: capsizing (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
subtype: fatal_accident__fatalaccident__casualty an accident that causes someone to die
subtype: near_miss an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
subtype: derailment an accident in which a train runs off its track
subtype: ground_loop a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground
subtype: puncture.misadventure loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
subtype: slip.misadventure__trip an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
subtype: spill.slip__tumble__fall a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
subtype: collapse.misadventure a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
subtype: cave_in__subsidence the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
subtype: fiasco__debacle a sudden and violent collapse
subtype: implosion.collapse a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb"
subtype: gravitational_collapse__gravitationalcollapse the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object
subtype: crash (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
subtype: head_crash (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)
subtype: calamity__catastrophe__disaster__tragedy__cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
subtype: act_of_God__force_majeure__forcemajeure__vis_major__vismajor__inevitable_accident__unavoidable_casualty__unavoidablecasualty a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
subtype: apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
subtype: kiss_of_death something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career"
subtype: plague.calamity any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
subtype: adversity a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event: "a period marked by adversities"
subtype: hardship something that causes or entails suffering: "I cannot thinking it a hardship that more more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"
subtype: knock a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
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