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Synonyms for force majeure
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : French fawrs ma-zhœr |
| Phonetic Transcription : French fɔrs maˈʒœr |
Définition of force majeure
Origin :- 1883, French, literally "superior strength."
- noun uncontrollable event
- "I surrender it to force majeure," she said, as Daphne took it from her.
- Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- And Geordie obeyed like a child in the presence of force majeure.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 » by Various
- Then you came in—and by force majeure compelled me to give it all up!'
- Extract from : « Elizabeth's Campaign » by Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- The issue was decided by force majeure in the shape of a wretched weed that destroyed the crop.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 » by Various
- It is as though they were controlled by the finest tact, as by a force majeure, even in their intuition of colour.
- Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
- The police and customs officers were confronted with force majeure and submitted without show of resistance.
- Extract from : « John Redmond's Last Years » by Stephen Gwynn
- Jesup was very rich, and very eager to bring the whole nation up to grace by force majeure.
- Extract from : « A Book of Prefaces » by H. L. Mencken
- They would acknowledge no law nor restraint and seem to have had force majeure on their side.
- Extract from : « A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs » by George M. Wrong
- Kitty would certainly have betrayed her husband but for the force majeure arrayed against her.
- Extract from : « The Marriage of William Ashe » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- It may be that this species of force majeure was not wholly unwelcome to the Chinese.
- Extract from : « The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2) » by Alexander Michie
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