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also impassible
as in close
impossible to get through or into
the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it
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Recent Examples of impassable
Snowfall rates could make roads impassable in some areas, and gusty winds may lead to power outages.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The fleeing bear apparently had come to the foot of one of those vertical lava cliffs that make the walls of these canyons straight-sided and impassable in places.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
If there’s been a hard rain, stay home, as many roads will be impassable due to flooding.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
What are the alternatives when first responders are unable to leave their homes or roads become impassable due to floods, fire, or ice?
—Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The fleeing bear apparently had come to the foot of one of those vertical lava cliffs that make the walls of these canyons straight-sided and impassable in places.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
If there’s been a hard rain, stay home, as many roads will be impassable due to flooding.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
What are the alternatives when first responders are unable to leave their homes or roads become impassable due to floods, fire, or ice?
—Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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And Amanda Marsalis and April Blair are some of my closest friends now.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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The new Charlotte Knights’ manager pitched for four MLB teams from 2010 to 2015, recording 30 saves as the closer for the Chicago White Sox in 2011.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Such a war would be motivated, in China, by a politics of identity that is largely impervious to economic rationality and other strategic considerations.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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For years, decades even, that faux feline impervious to the rain was my secret excuse.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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However, frozen or canned seafood can be a more affordable option.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most of those minerals are currently buried beneath thick sheets of previously impenetrable ice.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Image Border The Wall The most memorable promise that Mr. Trump made on the campaign trail was to erect an impenetrable barrier along the entire southern border, which is almost 2,000 miles, and to have Mexico pay for it.—
Miriam Jordan,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Achieving that often meant forgoing impermeable materials and permanent designs, which stands in stark contrast to the way modern-day water management works are constructed.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Taxing cruise ships with foreign flags seems like a simple concept, like building an impermeable border wall.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Superstar Harmanpreet Kaur's unbelievable 171 not out that destroyed an impregnable Australia in a remarkable semi-final upset was seen as a turning point.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
15 Oct. 2024
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But their defenses are not impregnable.—
David Zipper,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
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This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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The good news As solar cycle 25 is set to weaken soon, the high-energy proton soup around the planet will soon get denser again.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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