| Pronunciation: | | `unu'voydubul
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| Matching Terms: | | unavoidable casualty, unavoidably
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| | Definition: | | [adj] impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" |
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| | Synonyms: | | ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un`a*void"a*ble\, a.
1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented;
inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
--Blackstone.
{Unavoidable hemorrhage} (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the
afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of
the womb so as to require detachment before the child can
be born. -- {Un`a*void"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un`a*void"a*bly}, adv.
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