Relentless

a.

1.

Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . . Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. - Dryden.

Adj.	1.	relentless - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" Synonyms: grim, inexorable, unappeasable, unrelenting, unforgiving, stern
	2.	relentless - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" Synonyms: persistent, unrelenting

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