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Vlivef Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

What verbs are usually used with 'force majeure'

Hi,

As far as I know it is perfectl;y ok to say

(1) declare https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&client=opera&q=%22invoke+force+majeure%22&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJq8mB757oAhXqyKYKHb1_CYAQBSgAegQICxAp&cshid=1584357376861328 or

(2) invoke https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&client=opera&q=%22invoke+force+majeure%22&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJq8mB757oAhXqyKYKHb1_CYAQBSgAegQICxAp&cshid=1584357376861328


What other verbs can be used before FM?
How about to "impose" or "lift" FM?

Thank you for your kind comments!

  

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That's not a phrase you are likely to hear or read in everyday English, unless perhaps you work with some form of contracts. In general terms, it refers to an event beyond human control. You might describe something as, or declare something to be, a case of force majeure.

— Clive

  • That's not a phrase you are likely to hear or read in everyday English, unless perhaps you work with some form of contracts.
  • In general terms, it refers to an event beyond human control.
  • You might describe something as, or declare something to be, a case of force majeure.
  • It sounds to me rather similar to ' an act of ***'.
  • Clive
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That's not a phrase you are likely to hear or read in everyday English, unless perhaps you work with some form of contracts.

In general terms, it refers to an event beyond human control.

You might describe something as, or declare something to be, a case of force majeure.


It sounds to me rather similar to 'an act of ***'.

Clive

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