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Meaning of dea ex machina | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌdɪə ɛks ˈmakɪnə

Definitions

A female deus ex machina; a providential intervention (in a story etc.) from a female force or character.

Examples

That's the end of her storythe Cinderella pathbut it's not the end of her life, which is just as well, because the poor little rat-boy ends up in desperate need of a dea ex machina in order to save him from the terrible fate towards which the path of his story seems to be taking him.”

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