Meaning of दुर्घटना in English

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
Unusual appearance or effect.
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally.
The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.