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ineluctable

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in⋅e⋅luc⋅ta⋅ble

  [in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.
Origin:
1615–25; < L inēluctābilis, equiv. to in- in- 3 + ēluctā(rī) to force a way out or over, surmount (ē- e- + luctārī to wrestle) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
in⋅e⋅luc⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅e⋅luc⋅ta⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
inevitable, unavoidable.
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in·e·luc·ta·ble   (ĭn'ĭ-lŭk'tə-bəl)   
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 inēluctābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + ēluctābilis, penetrable (from ēluctārī, to struggle out of : ex-, ex- + luctārī, to struggle).]
in'e·luc'ta·bil'i·ty n., in'e·luc'ta·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

ineluctable 
1623, from L. ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not" + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" + luctari "to struggle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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