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ineluctability

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in·e·luc·ta·ble  (n-lkt-bl)
adj.
Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable: "Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense" (Jack Beatty).
[Latin inluctbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + luctbilis, penetrable (from luctr, to struggle out of : ex-, ex- + luctr, to struggle).]
ine·lucta·bili·ty n.
ine·lucta·bly adv.
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Noun1.ineluctabilityineluctability - the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade
unavoidability
sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"


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