Synonyms for near miss
near miss

Princeton's WordNet

1. near missnoun

   an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided

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1. • Mishap

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1. near miss

   Synonyms:
   Close call, see there
   

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1. Rob Lyon:

   Initially I think I was shocked, quite emotional speaking to my wife about the near miss I had, i think I'm in an anger phase just because someone purposely drove a car at me.

2. Philip Banks-Welsh:

   There have been near-miss incidents in the past, and( they have become) probably more prevalent over the last 6 months, I would say. There's been a build-up towards this sort of incident. The incident in itself doesn't surprise me, it was almost inevitable, this incident seems to have entered into a whole different ball game in terms of the malicious intent, it's pretty clear from the accounts I've seen that this individual or individuals were intentionally flying across the airspace to cause disruptions.

3. Buddy Creech:

   In hospitals, when someone has a tragic event, a near miss, a drug error, we don't lead with' we're doing everything we can.' It's ideal to lead with' let's make ourselves open to self-criticism to make sure that we're taking care of the people who come to us for help,' the real tragedy would be to say we're doing everything we can when we're not.

4. Kevin Comstock:

   If we know where pedestrians are in the intersection, and we know where cars are in the intersection, we can begin to mimic ‘near-miss’ activity.

5. Bill Collins:

   I think a lot of the folks were still stocked up when Marco and Hurricane Laura come up because it was a near miss, but a lot of folks got prepared for that.