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See definition of fender-bender on Dictionary.com
  • as inmishap
  • as inaccident
  • as infender bender

synonyms for fender-bender

  • blunder
  • calamity
  • disaster
  • hazard
  • misfortune
  • mistake
  • pileup
  • setback
  • blow
  • collision
  • crack-up
  • fluke
  • misadventure
  • smash
  • total
  • ill fortune
  • rear-ender
  • smash-up
  • stack-up
  • wrack-up

antonyms for fender-bender

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  • blessing
  • boon
  • good fortune
  • good luck
  • success
  • blessing
  • boon
  • good fortune
  • good luck
  • calculation
  • decision
  • intent
  • intention
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    How to use fender-bender in a sentence

    He’d been stripped of his driver’s license after the fender bender.
    THE AMERICAN PAROLE SYSTEM IS AN ENDLESS TRAP — AND A MORAL OUTRAGEJENNIFER MILLERMAY 24, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    He kisses the top of her head lightly and goes round to the club fender, where he sits with his back to the fireplace.
    FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNE
    The boy was hurt; my heart went out to him, for the memory of my own sock-ball and tickley-bender days came back to me.
    THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
    Oliver retained his stool by the fire; and Barney, wrapped in a blanket, stretched himself on the floor, close outside the fender.
    OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENS
    The impact dragged down on the speed of the roadster so that the rear right fender was only crumpled by the brick work.
    HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
    He stood on the tiger-skin rug before the fender, watching his cousin and smoking furiously.
    DOPESAX ROHMER
    The rain plashed against the windows, a coal fell through the grate and dropped upon the fender.
    TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
    The doll fell with a great crash, into the fender among the fire-irons, and there was a little burst of laughter.
    THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD
    That all boats should be fitted with a protective continuous fender, to lessen the risk of damage when being lowered in a seaway.
    LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP 'TITANIC'BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    He moved a little aside, also finding the fire hot, and flipped his cigarette ash into the fender.
    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONS
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    WORDS RELATED TO FENDER-BENDER

    • blow
    • calamity
    • casualty
    • collision
    • crack-up
    • disaster
    • fender-bender
    • fluke
    • hazard
    • misadventure
    • misfortune
    • mishap
    • pileup
    • rear-ender
    • setback
    • smash
    • smash-up
    • stack-up
    • total
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