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| force ma·jeure [ fàwrss maa úr ] |
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1. event that makes somebody do something: an unexpected event that crucially affects somebody's ability to do something and can be used in law as an excuse for not having carried out the terms of an agreement
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2. superior power: a force that is superior in power or impossible to resist
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| [Late 19th century. < French, "superior force"] |
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