Distant and Inevitable

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Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

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Inevitable is an antonym for distant.

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

Inevitable adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

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Distant is an antonym for inevitable in certain topic.

Nearby Words: inevitability, inevitably

They chose Alex and, knowing he was doomed, purposely remained distant with him to make the inevitable sacrifice easier.

Source: The Unfavourite aka: The Un Favorite
Alex's parents purposely remained distant with him, not wanting him to experience or learn compassion, love or happiness, so the inevitable death of their son would be easier on all of them.

Source: Parental Neglect
The Avatar: The Last Airbender series Consequences of Our Pasts was meant to be an exploration of the Avatar cycle starting with Aang and show the results of having no Airbenders left for the cycle to use, as well as explore how events in the distant past made the canon War inevitable.

Source: Orphaned Series

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