inescapable
English
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[edit]- inescapeable (nonstandard spelling)
Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]inescapable (comparative more inescapable, superlative most inescapable)
- Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
- Synonyms: inevitable, unescapable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable
- Antonyms: escapable, evitable
- 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
- The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape.
- 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
- Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.
- 2023 July 12, Dan Sabbagh, quoting Jake Sullivan, “Zelenskiy forced to recalibrate to avert Nato summit falling-out”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Later, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN that Ukraine could not join Nato immediately as it was “an inescapable fact” that the treaty’s mutual defence clause would mean allies would be obliged to enter a direct war with Russia.
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[edit]impossible (unable) to avoid or escape
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]inescapable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inescapables)
- inescapable
- Synonym: imperioso
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