inescapable Definition
in·es·cap·able (in′e skāp′ə 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.
Browse dictionary entries near inescapable
- ‹ inertial guidance (or navigation)
- ‹ inertia
- ‹ inert
- ‹ inerrant
- ‹ inerrable
- ‹ inerasable
- ‹ ineradicable
- ‹ inequivalve
- ‹ inequity
- ‹ inequitable
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- inexact ›
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- inexcusably ›
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