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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ineluctable /ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəb(ə)l/

▶adjective unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

– derivatives
ineluctability /-ˈbɪlɪti/ noun,
ineluctably adverb.

– origin C17: from L. ineluctabilis, from in- ‘not’ + eluctari ‘struggle out’.

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