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Inevitable

Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.

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Fatal 84% connected

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Fatal 84% connected

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Fateful 84% connected

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

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Fateful 84% connected

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

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Ineluctable 84% connected

Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.

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Ineluctable 84% connected

Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.

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Inescapable 84% connected

Not escapable.

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Inescapable 84% connected

Not escapable.

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Necessary 84% connected

Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

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Necessary 84% connected

Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

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Predictable 84% connected

That may be predicted.

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Predictable 84% connected

That may be predicted.

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Unavoidable 84% connected

Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

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Unavoidable 84% connected

Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

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Destiny 76% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Fate 76% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Inevitability 74% connected

Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.

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Inevitability 74% connected

Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.

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Inevitableness 74% connected

The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.

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Inevitableness 74% connected

The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.

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