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INEVITABLE ACCIDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inevitable accident mean?
• INEVITABLE ACCIDENT (noun)
The noun INEVITABLE ACCIDENT has 1 sense:
1. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
Familiarity information: INEVITABLE ACCIDENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("inevitable accident" is a kind of...):
calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)
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