Ineluctably

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in a way that cannot be avoided; inevitable.

“I watched as the pineapple soared ineluctably towards the perpetrator, its soft, fleshy shrapnel pelting the nearby crowd in a fragrant barrage.”

Source: Dictionary.com

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