#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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