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/ækt əv gɑd/ Listen

Act of God

noun

A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events. Synonyms: force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major.

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"Act of God" Quotes from Famous Books

... in you the belief that I lost to-day, at half past three in the afternoon, the key to my cubicle. While distributing rations to the soldiers I dropped it. I see in this loss the act of God. ...

— The Human Drift • Jack London

... of a lovely lady—a voice as clear as a diamond ring. It inspired us one and all with a hireath for the dear old homeland—for dear Wales, for the land of our fathers and mothers too, for the land that is our heritage not by Act of Parliament but by the Act of God.... ...

— My Neighbors - Stories of the Welsh People • Caradoc Evans

Words linked to "Act of God" : cataclysm, calamity, catastrophe, vis major, tragedy, disaster, force majeure, unavoidable casualty