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
For weeks, the footage was unescapable.
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Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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.
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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.
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Yuras Karmanau,
ajc,
26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
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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.
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John Archibald | [email protected],
al,
3 Nov. 2021
My guilt seemed unescapable.
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NBC News,
9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
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Abram Brown,
Forbes,
21 Apr. 2021
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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.
—
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 | [email protected],
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unescapable
Adjective
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Labour in turmoil With Burnham’s return to front line politics, a leadership race seems all but inevitable.
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Messi is the standing rebuttal — a leader whose authority was never announced, only demonstrated; whose visibility was never imposed, only inevitable.
Adjective
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She's seen these parents put off their own health, including necessary surgeries.
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Simple, age-appropriate conversations about device use could help children understand the difference between necessary engagement and recreation.
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“Unescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unescapable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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