Inescapable
/ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbl/adjective
Something that you cannot avoid or ignore.
The inescapable truth is that we are running out of resources.
Often appears as...
- inescapable conclusion
- inescapable truth
adjective
Something that holds you so firmly that you cannot escape.
The quicksand was inescapable, once you stepped in, it was impossible to get out.
Often appears as...
- inescapable trap
- inescapable prison
adjective
Something that you cannot avoid or ignore.
The inescapable truth is that we are running out of resources.
Often appears as...
- inescapable conclusion
- inescapable truth
adjective
Something that holds you so firmly that you cannot escape.
The quicksand was inescapable, once you stepped in, it was impossible to get out.
Often appears as...
- inescapable trap
- inescapable prison
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used to emphasize inevitability in debates or discussions.
The inescapable conclusion is that climate change will affect us all.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Adds a sense of urgency or seriousness to a situation or fact.
Faced with the inescapable reality of her illness, she took action.
Pro Tip 3/3Cognitive Aspect
Used when an idea or fact must be accepted, even if it's hard to believe.
The evidence pointed to an inescapable truth that shocked everyone.
Compare with
certaincompulsorydecisiveinevitableirresistibleobligatoryunavoidableunmistakable
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Notes of a native son:...
he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia, he was angry and disillusioned, and yearned for a less restricted life.
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An evolutionary...
that environmental and behavioral change impact the way we use our eyes -- helps us better understand the proximate cause. And an inescapable conclusion emerges -- my mother was right, I probably should have spent a little less time with my nose in a book.
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Robots Hunting for Life...
Although there's no water on the surface of Mars today, there is inescapable evidence that it was once present. When you look at it from space, you'll see certain features that jump out at you as being quite similar to those we have on Earth.
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This Is What Happens to...
ravaged by an inescapable physical sickness far worse than any flu Susan's body is going through withdrawal most people who take opioids for a long time tend to experience some withdrawal but they can still stop taking the pills and
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Performing brain surgery...
Radiosurgery depends on the use of multiple beams. Individually, each delivers a low dose of radiation. But, like several stage lights converging on the same point to create a bright and inescapable spotlight, when combined,
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The myth of Icarus and...
This, of course, enraged the king who blamed Daedalus for enabling such a horrible perversion of natural law. As punishment, Daedalus was forced to construct an inescapable labyrinth beneath the palace for the minotaur.
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This Plant Traps its...
pitcher plants don't have to rely on rapid movement to make their kills for these killer plants it's all about creating the perfect inescapable trap the picture trap consists of several
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Amanda Williams: Why I...
and as an inescapable way that I am identified in society. If I have any hope of making the world better, I have to love and leverage both of these ways that I'm understood,
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Matthew Carter: My life...
Type is something we consume in enormous quantities. In much of the world, it's completely inescapable.
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The scientific origins...
Far beneath the palace of the treacherous King Minos, in the damp darkness of an inescapable labryinth,
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Notes of a native son:...
he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia, he was angry and disillusioned, and yearned for a less restricted life.
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An evolutionary...
that environmental and behavioral change impact the way we use our eyes -- helps us better understand the proximate cause. And an inescapable conclusion emerges -- my mother was right, I probably should have spent a little less time with my nose in a book.
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Robots Hunting for Life...
Although there's no water on the surface of Mars today, there is inescapable evidence that it was once present. When you look at it from space, you'll see certain features that jump out at you as being quite similar to those we have on Earth.
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This Is What Happens to...
ravaged by an inescapable physical sickness far worse than any flu Susan's body is going through withdrawal most people who take opioids for a long time tend to experience some withdrawal but they can still stop taking the pills and
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Performing brain surgery...
Radiosurgery depends on the use of multiple beams. Individually, each delivers a low dose of radiation. But, like several stage lights converging on the same point to create a bright and inescapable spotlight, when combined,
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The myth of Icarus and...
This, of course, enraged the king who blamed Daedalus for enabling such a horrible perversion of natural law. As punishment, Daedalus was forced to construct an inescapable labyrinth beneath the palace for the minotaur.
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This Plant Traps its...
pitcher plants don't have to rely on rapid movement to make their kills for these killer plants it's all about creating the perfect inescapable trap the picture trap consists of several
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Amanda Williams: Why I...
and as an inescapable way that I am identified in society. If I have any hope of making the world better, I have to love and leverage both of these ways that I'm understood,
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Matthew Carter: My life...
Type is something we consume in enormous quantities. In much of the world, it's completely inescapable.
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The scientific origins...
Far beneath the palace of the treacherous King Minos, in the damp darkness of an inescapable labryinth,
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Michael Pollan
American Educator
Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions. This quality makes an ideology particularly hard to see, at least while it's exerting its hold on your culture. A reigning ideology is a little like the weather: all pervasive and virtually inescapable.
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Michaela Coel
Socialisation is not optional. It's an inescapable contract, and our birth into the world is our signature of agreement. Norms and ideologies vary from society to society, and most of them weren't formed during our lifetimes but were handed down from one generation to the next.
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Brent Weeks
American Author
I believe that it's an author's job to cast his imagination into the far spaces. Your life should - and I think it's inescapable that it will - inform your work. I'm all for using anything that can make your art better, but your intuition should be an equal partner.
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Jake Halpern
American Writer
Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.
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Laura Jane Grace
American Musician
As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak to general cultural statements.
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John Hines
American Clergyman
It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.
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Jesse Jackson
American Activist
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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Pearl S. Buck
American Novelist
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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Dave Filoni
American Director
I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you.
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Michael Pollan
American Educator
Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions. This quality makes an ideology particularly hard to see, at least while it's exerting its hold on your culture. A reigning ideology is a little like the weather: all pervasive and virtually inescapable.
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Michaela Coel
Socialisation is not optional. It's an inescapable contract, and our birth into the world is our signature of agreement. Norms and ideologies vary from society to society, and most of them weren't formed during our lifetimes but were handed down from one generation to the next.
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Brent Weeks
American Author
I believe that it's an author's job to cast his imagination into the far spaces. Your life should - and I think it's inescapable that it will - inform your work. I'm all for using anything that can make your art better, but your intuition should be an equal partner.
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Jake Halpern
American Writer
Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.
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Laura Jane Grace
American Musician
As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak to general cultural statements.
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John Hines
American Clergyman
It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.
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Jesse Jackson
American Activist
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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Pearl S. Buck
American Novelist
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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Dave Filoni
American Director
I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you.
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