act of God (n)
force majeure (n)
vis major (n)
inevitable accident (n)
unavoidable casualty (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 11
def a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
examples he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God
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Hypernym calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
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Hyponym calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

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