Ineluctable \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; inescapable;
inevitable. --Bp. Pearson.
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The ineluctable conditions of matter. --Hamerton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ineluctable
adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an
ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: inescapable,
unavoidable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineluctable":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
inescapable, unavoidable
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