act of God

Speech parts

1. act of God - Noun

2. act of God - Phrase

Meaning

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

force majeure inevitable accident vis major natural disaster unavoidable casualty uncontrollable natural event extraordinary natural event natural calamity accident disaster ruin miracle catastrophe calamity cataclysm
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Antonyms

help godsend aid blessing good thing manageable occurrence
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Hypernyms

disaster catastrophe calamity cataclysm tragedy

Examples

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you. Alan Coren

Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds. James Carville

I asked a teacher what the opposite of a miracle was and she, without thinking, I assume, said it was an act of God. You shouldn't say something like that to the kind of kid who will grow up to be a writer; we have long memories. Terry Pratchett

Justification is the act of God as a Judge; adoption as a Father; by the former we are discharged from condemnation, and accepted as righteous; by the latter we are made the children of God and joint-heirs with Christ. John Guyse

when you confuse art with propaganda, you confuse an act of God with something which can be turned on and off like the hot water faucet. If "God" means nothing to you(or less than nothing)I'll cheerfully substitute one of your own favorite words,"freedom." E. E. Cummings

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery. Stephen King

Words in the phrase

act of God

Close letter words and terms

act of faith act of force act of genius act of grace act of gratitude act of hunting