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inexorable
1. adj. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable, Thesaurus:inevitable
2. adj. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
3. adj. Adamant; severe.

Example Sentences

Either everyone pulls together or we fail to reach agreement and face the inexorable closure of several more pits over the next couple of years.  It's less of a gateway to the inexorable slide towards death that it used to be.  This crisis in midwifery correlates with an inexorable rise in medical intervention.

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