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Synonyms for inescapable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-uh-skey-puh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈskeɪ pə bəl



Définition of inescapable

Origin :
  • 1792, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + escapable (see escape). Related: Inescapably.
  • adj unavoidable
Example sentences :
  • He saw the grim, inescapable future for his charges: famine.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • The law is inescapable, for an action is either lawful or unlawful.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • There is an inescapable difference in the results of marriage on the two partners.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • This "within us" is one of the inescapable original revelations.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • This was a slang which Hal had never heard, but the meaning was inescapable; he "stuck 'em up."
  • Extract from : « King Coal » by Upton Sinclair
  • Whatever we saw happening did take place exactly as we saw it—it was inescapable.
  • Extract from : « In the Cards » by Alan Cogan
  • Alien and repulsive and inescapable, the odors of Earth struck him like a blow.
  • Extract from : « Keep Your Shape » by Robert Sheckley
  • Our inescapable destiny was making us plunge so rashly into this mystery!
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various
  • But there they are, inescapable facts that have to be reckoned with.
  • Extract from : « Religion & Sex » by Chapman Cohen
  • As it pulled out again, she resigned herself to the inescapable.
  • Extract from : « Linda Lee, Incorporated » by Louis Joseph Vance

Antonyms for inescapable

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