Definition of impassable
: incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
variants:
or less commonly
impassible
Updated on: 19 Jun 2018
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Examples of impassable in a Sentence
The roads were made impassable by the flood.
the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it
Recent Examples of impassable from the Web
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Getting Around: The entire island is only four square miles, with most of the land being impassable—so the principal mode of transport around Marrettimo is by foot, bicycle, or donkey.
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Power was knocked out in the school, not regained there until Friday morning, and tree damage across town made many roads impassable.
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Hurlbut said some areas of the home were impassable.
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Because the main road through town tends to fill in with tall, impassable snowdrifts, the windswept beach is also a route that the village kids take to and from school.
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Seven private roads and two public roads have been turned impassable by lava flows.
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At times, rainfall rates were up to an inch an hour as the storm moved through in the early hours of the day, making some roadways impassable.
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The Taliban generally reduces its combat operations during the winter months when many areas remain impassable.
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The street, just a few blocks from Germantown Friends School, has been made nearly impassable by a mountain range of construction debris deposited by midnight dumpers.
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First Known Use of impassable
1562
IMPASSABLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of impassable for English Language Learners
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: impossible to pass, cross, or travel over
IMPASSABLE Defined for Kids
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Definition of impassable for Students
: impossible to pass, cross, or travel
- … the forest road … led to impassable marshes where the paths had long been lost.
- —J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
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