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inescapable Definition

in·es·cap·able (in′e skāpə bəl, -i skāp-)

adjective

that cannot be escaped or avoided; inevitable

inescapable Related Forms

in′·es·cap·ably adverb

inescapable Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • seemingly: Looking for the secret of the living heart, he was driven by a seemingly inescapable logic toward the dead, dismantled heart.
  • almost: Such incidental benefit seems to be almost inescapable with non-charitable organizations receiving this service.
  • apparently: We face an apparently inescapable future: technology out of control.
  • so: External pressures, internal temptations so inescapable that we just can't sustain our faith?
  • ultimately: Nevertheless, his combat experience must, as it did with millions of others, have proved indelible and ultimately inescapable.
  • thus: Furthermore, violence and retribution are shown as inherent in the illness itself and thus inescapable.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: The meteorite from Mars once again makes the age-old question inescapable: are we alone in the universe?

Modifies a noun

  • conclusion: Anyone who has followed at all the pattern of events in Iraq in recent years must come to the same inescapable conclusion.
  • fact: There is an inescapable fact about waste it costs money.
  • necessity: The inescapable necessity, however, which lay behind the death of Christ we may discover in the first pages of the Bible.
  • logic: Looking for the secret of the living heart, he was driven by a seemingly inescapable logic toward the dead, dismantled heart.
  • truth: The inescapable truth of discontent shown at the World Trade Organization is only going to increase.
  • reality: Positive Measures: " Sticks " are an inescapable reality in fight against proliferation.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: It may be a belief or idea which repels us, which we are unwilling to accept but which seems inescapable.
  • become: A little further on, the dominance of poison became inescapable on the garden " care " shelves.
  • prove: However, his claustrophobic world and the huge pressure to conform proves inescapable.