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also impassible
as in dense
impossible to get through or into
the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it
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Recent Examples of impassable
Nulla tenaci invia est via (For the tenacious, no road is impassable).
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
Hazardous travel conditions are anticipated, with warnings noting that roads, bridges and overpasses may become slick or impassable, and widespread blowing snow could trigger whiteout.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
When time stops one hot summer day and the road out vanishes, not everyone is displeased with the changes, even when the sparse little woods turn into an impassable forest and the river brims with strange, seductive voices.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
In addition to making some unpaved roads impassable, the storms left several paved roads blocked by debris.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
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At 6-foot-3, 275 pounds, Bain’s measurables might not fit every team’s wish list but would work well in Kansas City, where defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has preferred dense and powerful pass rushers.—
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Traffic concerns remained a prominent theme of the more than 100 emails the city received in early December, but many people expressed excitement at the prospect of a closer Costco.—
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The Clippers raced to a 14-5 lead, but the Knicks answered with eight straight points and the game was close for the first three quarters.—
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Trump, however, is impervious to legal restraints.—
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Rates for commercial and industrial properties will be increased based on impervious surface and square footage.—
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Miami has rekindled memories of its 2001 national championship team behind a defense that went from porous to nearly impenetrable in its first season under coordinator Corey Hetherman.—
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Miami has rekindled memories of its 2001 national championship team behind a defense that went from porous to nearly impenetrable in its first season under coordinator Corey Hetherman.—
Adjective
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The impermeable seed coat strategy generally helps survival of the species by making sure all of a season’s crop don’t germinate in the same year.—
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The discovery could enable large-scale use of impermeable coatings once limited by graphene’s scalability issues.—
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But their quarterback issues could make those defenses look impregnable.—
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OpenAI wasn’t a fortress, wasn’t impregnable.—
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Sylist Renato Campora used the continuous Marcel wave technique, tucking under her ends and creating a glossy, frozen finish.—
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Work from the direction of the faucet toward the frozen area.—
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They’re made of a buttery soft, thick material that will keep you warm and cozy at home all winter.—
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Too thick of a mascara coat, and suddenly my gaze droops.—
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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