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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
Their driveway was impassable, with broken branches everywhere.
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Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
Ice and snow covered roadways will become treacherous and impassable.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2026
Local officials and weather forecasters have urged Texans to stay off roads this weekend unless absolutely necessary, as ice and snow may make some roads impassable.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Those amounts promise to topple trees, snap power lines and make roads impassable.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
Ice and snow covered roadways will become treacherous and impassable.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2026
Local officials and weather forecasters have urged Texans to stay off roads this weekend unless absolutely necessary, as ice and snow may make some roads impassable.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Those amounts promise to topple trees, snap power lines and make roads impassable.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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For years, astronomers have debated whether planets this massive could form through core accretion, the slow, bottom-up process in which solid material clumps together into a dense core that then pulls in vast amounts of gas.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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In Earth’s deep interior and under enormous pressure, a dense, hot and fluid metal core began to churn.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Over the years, Grey and Pollan have remained close, often supporting one another through personal and professional milestones.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The bus depot is two stories beneath the train platform and several blocks from the closest stairway.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There have been concussions, and the right knee seemingly impervious to staying healthy.—
Will Graves,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Opponents said McLean’s plan would cut down 17 acres of trees and add 7 acres of impervious surfaces, worsening the periodic flooding that’s already a concern.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2026
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Mexico’s iconic Yucatan Peninsula is a place of contrasts, where impenetrable jungle meets wide open ocean, lush vegetation meets sandy shores, and vibrant energy meets pure serenity.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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To a dog, our fervent and prolonged goodbyes at the front door might seem as peculiar and impenetrable as the greetings of an orca do to us.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Nov. 2025
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The discovery could enable large-scale use of impermeable coatings once limited by graphene’s scalability issues.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Nov. 2025
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Which explains couldn’t: if Meta had ever been a monopoly, there’s no way its shareholders would have ever allowed $70 billion in new spending meant to expand an already impregnable moat.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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But their quarterback issues could make those defenses look impregnable.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
30 Nov. 2025
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The actual costs for things such as meat, dairy, produce, frozen foods and cleaning products were compared to the state's median household income to determine where people spend the most.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The frozen salmon may be contaminated with Listeria, the report says, as presence of the bacteria was found in a random sample collected by the FDA.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mathews vividly remembers riding in one of her father’s water trucks through thick smoke as black as the night to help family members and other ranchers save their homes.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Now, a team of researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences has shown that even a bare carbon fiber, no thicker than a human hair, can bend and straighten on command, without any direct wiring.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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