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Inescapable   /ˌɪnɪskˈeɪpəbəl/   Listen
Inescapable

adjective
1.
Impossible to avoid or evade:.  Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable.  "An ineluctable destiny" , "An unavoidable accident"






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"Inescapable" Quotes from Famous Books



... declared 'The authority of the Federal Government over interstate commerce does not differ in extent or character from that retained by the States over intrastate commerce.' United States v. Rock Royal Co-operative, 307 U.S. 533, 569. The conclusion is inescapable that Hammer v. Dagenhart, was a departure from the principles which have prevailed in the interpretation of the Commerce Clause both before and since the decision and that such vitality, as a precedent, as it then had has long since been exhausted. It should ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... the sofa, which happened to be nearer. With her coming Hugh's expansiveness had suffered a sudden rebuff. A feeling of dismal conventionality permeated the room like a fog. He plumbed it in vain for the wonder and the magic that ought to have been the inescapable aura of Uncle Hugh's girl. Was this the mighty ocean, was this all? She was a little nervous, too. That was a pity. Nervousness in social relations was one of the numerous things that Aunt Maria ...
— O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 • Various



Words linked to "Inescapable" :   inevitable, ineluctable



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