encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
encounter; engagement; battle
wrecked ship; ship in distress
meeting by chance; running into; coming upon; encounter
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis