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Meaning of INELUCTABLE

Pronunciation:  `ini'luktubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
 
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 Synonyms: inescapable, inevitable, unavoidable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`e*luc"ta*ble\, a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in-
not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle
out of, to surmount: cf. F. in['e]luctable. See {Eluctate}.]
Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
--Bp. Pearson.
      The ineluctable conditions of matter.    --Hamerton.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: absolute, apodictic, bound, certain, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, conclusive, decisive, definite, determinate, fated, fateful, indefeasible, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, perfectly sure, positive, predestined, predetermined, relentless, resistless, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, sure-enough, true, unambiguous, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unequivocal, unevadable, univocal, unmistakable, unpreventable, unstoppable, unyielding
 

 

 

 

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