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Noun: act of God (acts of God)
  1. A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
    "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God";
    - force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty

Derived forms: acts of God

Type of: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy

Encyclopedia: Act of God