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ineluctable (adj.)

"not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from French inéluctable (15c.) or directly from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctabilis "that may be escaped from," from eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex "out, out of" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).

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Definitions of ineluctable from WordNet

ineluctable (adj.)
impossible to avoid or evade;
an ineluctable destiny
From wordnet.princeton.edu