Act of god

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster.

    "They didn't get shot to death in hold-ups, strangled to death in rapes, stabbed to death in saloons, bludgeoned to death with axes by parents or children or die summarily by some other act of God."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of act of God. alt-of

    "Heavy rainfall is not the kind of exceptional phenomenon to which the Act of God exception applies."

  3. 3
    a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events wordnet
  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, of, God.

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