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Used with adjectives:
"
There was a major incident at work."
(major, serious)
"
They were fighting over a minor incident."
(minor, small, little)
"
The book was based on an actual incident."
(actual, real, real-life)
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Let's forget the whole incident."
(whole, entire)
"
They finished the project without further incident."
(further)
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It was an isolated incident."
(isolated, separate)
"
There was a bad incident at school."
(bad, terrible, horrible, embarrassing, traumatic, dramatic)
"
The kids witnessed the violent incident."
(violent, deadly, tragic, fatal)
"
The police are investigating the reported incident."
(reported, latest, recent, past)
Used with verbs:
"
She was involved in the incident."
(be + involved in)
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Who caused the incident?"
(caused, created, provoked, be + responsible for)
"
Did you witness the incident?"
(witness, see)
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The police are investigating the incident."
(be + investigating)
"
He could not remember the incident."
(remember, forget, recall)
"
She described the incident to the police."
(described)
"
He was hurt in the incident."
(be + hurt in, be + injured in, be + killed in)
"
The family survived the incident."
(survived, lived through)
"
The incident occurred two days ago."
(occurred, took place, happened)
"
The incident resulted in a riot."
(resulted in, led to, caused)
Used with prepositions:
"
He will never forget the incident with his neighbor."
(with)
"
Innocent people were hurt in the incident."
(in, by, during)
"
The meeting ended without further incident."
(without)
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She was suspended for a week over the incident."
(over)
