near miss

Noun

Meaning

an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

close shave narrow escape miss squeak squeaker collision cliffhanger close call near thing white-knuckler close encounter closest call near go brink of death near escape

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Antonyms

fiasco miss failure defeat collapse disaster

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Hypernyms

mishap misadventure mischance

Examples

Nothing in life produce a more powerful joy than a near miss by the Angel of Death. Charles Sheffield

In later years, Piazzolla made light of this near miss, joking that had his father not been so careful, he would now be playing the harp, rather than the bandoneon. Source: Internet

But Hippias, disturbed by the near miss, began to take increasingly harsh measures to protect his family’s dynasty. Source: Internet

These systems were designed to survive a near miss of 20 megatons. Source: Internet

The Rams stepped up a gear and a near miss to Kris Lane saw the Rams almost equalise with the score 1-0 at the break. Source: Internet

Powers survived the near miss and was quickly captured; the crash did not destroy the U-2 and the Soviets were able to identify much of the equipment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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