FORCE MAJEURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does force majeure mean? 

• FORCE MAJEURE (noun)
  The noun FORCE MAJEURE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FORCE MAJEURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORCE MAJEURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

act of God; force majeure; inevitable accident; unavoidable casualty; vis major

Context example:

he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God

Hypernyms ("force majeure" is a kind of...):

calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)