English noun: vis major | |||
1. | vis major (event) a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events | ||
Samples | He discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God. | ||
Synonyms | act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty | ||
Broader (hypernym) | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy | ||