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ACT OF GOD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does act of God mean?

• ACT OF GOD (noun)
The noun ACT OF GOD has 1 sense:

1. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

Familiarity information: ACT OF GOD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACT OF GOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

act of God; force majeure; inevitable accident; unavoidable casualty; vis major

Context example:

he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God

Hypernyms ("act of God" is a kind of...):

calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)

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