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English noun: vis major

1. vis major (event) a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events


SamplesHe discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God.


Synonymsact of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty


Broader (hypernym)calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy









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