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Unavoidable

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

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Inevitable 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inevitable 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ineluctable 92% connected

Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inescapable 92% connected

Not escapable.

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Alleviate verb · 78% connection

To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, et…

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Avoidable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Barkbound adjective · 78% connection

Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avoidable, incapable, shunned, prevented, inevitable.
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Cark verb · 78% connection

To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve.

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Catachresis noun · 78% connection

A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms ag…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avoidable, incapable, shunned, prevented, inevitable.
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Check noun · 78% connection

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against it…

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Deprecation noun · 78% connection

The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

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Devitable adjective · 78% connection

Avoidable.

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Ease noun · 78% connection

Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

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Engagement noun · 78% connection

That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise emba…

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Escapable adjective · 78% connection

Avoidable.

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Evitable adjective · 78% connection

Avoidable.

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Fatal adjective · 78% connection

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

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Hiccough noun · 78% connection

A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closur…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avoidable, incapable, shunned, prevented, inevitable.
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Hope noun · 78% connection

the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avoidable, incapable, shunned, prevented, inevitable.
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Hyoscyamus noun · 78% connection

The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

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Incapable adjective · 78% connection

Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strengt…

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