Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to escape or avoid; inevitable: synonym: certain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not to be eluded or escaped, or escaped from; inevitable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not escapable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
escapable ; that cannot beavoided .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective impossible to avoid or evade:
Etymologies
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Examples
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Over the years although he has never worked with a piano teacher, Granville has developed a style built on a combination of classical technique and what he describes as "inescapable present day modality shaped by a tumultuous emotionality."
George Heymont: No, Seriously -- Send In The Clowns! George Heymont 2011
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Over the years although he has never worked with a piano teacher, Granville has developed a style built on a combination of classical technique and what he describes as "inescapable present day modality shaped by a tumultuous emotionality."
George Heymont: No, Seriously -- Send In The Clowns! George Heymont 2011
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There are certain inescapable realities that teach us humility, that force us to acknowledge we're not really masters of the universe.
Tomatoes Under the Hammer Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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Cube, Saw, Demons, The Exterminating Angel all feature hapless victims locked in inescapable situations - a guaranteed formula for suspense that we like to call "shooting fish in a barrel."
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up:2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia Dan Persons 2010
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Both bows produced astounding speeds, but both also exhibited certain inescapable drawbacks compared with most other bows, namely:
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Cube, Saw, Demons, The Exterminating Angel all feature hapless victims locked in inescapable situations - a guaranteed formula for suspense that we like to call "shooting fish in a barrel."
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up: 2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia Dan Persons 2010
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Cube, Saw, Demons, The Exterminating Angel all feature hapless victims locked in inescapable situations - a guaranteed formula for suspense that we like to call "shooting fish in a barrel."
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up:2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia Dan Persons 2010
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Cube, Saw, Demons, The Exterminating Angel all feature hapless victims locked in inescapable situations - a guaranteed formula for suspense that we like to call "shooting fish in a barrel."
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up: 2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia Dan Persons 2010
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Cube, Saw, Demons, The Exterminating Angel all feature hapless victims locked in inescapable situations - a guaranteed formula for suspense that we like to call "shooting fish in a barrel."
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up: 2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia Dan Persons 2010
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The only real “danger” in pointing out the inescapable is that everyone will wake up and notice that this is the worst administration ever – everyone, perhaps, except for you.
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