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inexorable
adjective
Continuing relentlessly and not yielding to persuasion or resistance.
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Continuing relentlessly and not yielding to persuasion or resistance
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The inexorable advance of the tide shortened their visit.
The story follows the inexorable decline of the neglected estate.
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