as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
you will make some mistakes—that is just one of the unescapable realities of this job
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Recent Examples of unescapable
Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
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Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv’s remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, each bomb and every additional body that lies uncollected on the streets, they’re caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2021
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv’s remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, each bomb and every additional body that lies uncollected on the streets, they’re caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2021
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unescapable
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The fall of Pokrovsk – the strategic value of which has already been greatly diminished, but which would nevertheless represent the biggest win for Moscow since 2023 – now seems almost inevitable, according to those on the ground.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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This character of aberrance is what makes accidental surfing deaths seem inevitable—or, rather, inexorable, built into the subway’s force.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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After giving birth to her second child in April, the 32-year-old was determined to continue breastfeeding her son — a choice that was both personally important and financially necessary for her family.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration says the decision is necessary to keep travelers safe.—
Rio Yamat,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Unescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unescapable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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