Some of the Asian countries have been enmeshed in an inescapable debt trap.

The correct answer is: enmeshed.

Enmeshed means to be involved in something in a complicated or difficult way. In this case, the Asian countries have been involved in a debt trap, which is a situation where a country borrows so much money that it cannot repay the debt and is forced to accept unfavorable terms from its creditors.

The other options are not as accurate. Entangled means to be caught up in something in a complicated or difficult way. Hit means to be struck or attacked. Struck means to hit or cause something to hit something else. Ensured means to make certain that something happens.

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• The two countries were enmeshed in a bitter dispute.
• The company was enmeshed in a scandal.
• The family was enmeshed in a web of lies.