act of God

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act of God^¹

noun acts of God · Act of God

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.
Similar: force majeure, vis major
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, of, God.

Act of God^²

noun Acts of God

Alternative letter-case form of act of God Heavy rainfall is not the kind of exceptional phenomenon to which the Act of God exception applies.

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noun unforeseen occurrence

Español	fuerza mayor, caso fortuito, cosa de Dios
中文	不可抗力 bùkěkànglì, 天災 /天灾 tiānzāi
Português	caso fortuito, força maior
Français	force majeure
Deutsch	höhere Gewalt
Русский	стихи́йное бе́дствие stixíjnoje bédstvije, форс-мажо́р fors-mažór

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@misc{act_of_god_2026,
  title = {act of God},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/act%20of%20god},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}