Term Gallery logo

Meanings of act of God in English

Portuguese
força maior
Spanish
fuerza mayor

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

força maior
Usage of act of God in English
1
To Edwin, it seemed like an act of God in his favour.
Clayhanger
2
That reprobation infuseth no sin, appeareth, because it is the act of God.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
3
That's what the insurance people call it, an act of God.
Back on murder
4
But everyone was treating it as an accident, or an act of God.
The Pinhoe Egg
5
Winx, bar for an act of God, will win her third Cox Plate.
News.com.au
6
Are we going to treat it as an act of God?
Radio NZ
7
A priest from near the explosion site called it an act of God.
Reuters
8
That was an act of God.' I've never forgotten that.
My deadly valentine
9
There may be some people who think that Covid-19 is an act of God.
The Irish Times
10
Objection 1: It seems that the act of God's intellect is not His substance.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
11
Human aggression, unlike famine and disease, is not just some capricious act of God.
The Guardian
12
Take an act of God to get us all out of here alive, too.
The Atrocity Archives
13
Therefore the act of God's intellect is not His substance.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
14
But my intended vengeance was frustrated-whetherby the act of God, who can say?
The Master-Christian
15
Regeneration, therefore, is that act of God's grace by which we are born again.
The Theology of Holiness
16
The damage was caused by an act of God.
Carrie
Translations for act of God
Portuguese
força maior