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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
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
If enough satellites are in orbit, this debris could set off a chain reaction, rendering the environment around Earth practically impassable.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Several private roads were impassable Monday due to Vallecito Creek and Grimes Creek flooding over the banks.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
If enough satellites are in orbit, this debris could set off a chain reaction, rendering the environment around Earth practically impassable.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Several private roads were impassable Monday due to Vallecito Creek and Grimes Creek flooding over the banks.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impassable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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Even at full sprint, the characters are moving at a relatively normal speed, with levels designed to be smaller, yet dense, to reduce the amount of backtracking and desperate ping-ponging all over the map.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, a nutrient-dense diet is a healthy eating plan in which most of your nutritional needs are met by 85% of the calories consumed.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Trump levied his greatest assault against the international economic order, announcing the most expansive set of tariffs in American history on both autocratic adversaries and America’s closest democratic allies in April 2025 (Russia was strikingly excluded).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Trump, however, made inroads with New Jersey voters in November 2024, making for a surprisingly close race.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But there were strengths here, too, none more than England’s impervious Lazarus complex, that baffling inability to know when one is in a state of emergency.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The assessment by PlanIT Geo also found that only 29% of Pittsburg’s land is suitable for new tree planting, due to impervious surfaces.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, only two additional albums in 30 years since his 1995 debut, with a 14-year gap between the second and third, but an impenetrable recipe for everyone from Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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For instance, in The Trial, Kafka looks at alienation vis-à-vis a faceless, impenetrable bureaucracy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The company says the finalized Bio foil provides the full and appropriate level of impermeable barrier protection and odorless performance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2025
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Chocolate brown stripes punctuate a light charcoal gray background, and the low-pile weave made from recycled polyester gives it an impermeable, easy-to-clean surface.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.—
David Parker,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Look for 'buy one get one free' or 'buy one get one half off' deals on frozen and shelf-stable foods.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The pork jerky recall comes after more than 1,000 pounds of Ada Valley frozen ground beef were recalled in July after pieces of metal were also reportedly found in the product, according to the FSIS.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The thick artificial foliage is pre-lit with warm white LED bulbs spaced through the entire length of the 10-foot piece.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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With more than 38,000 gallons of fuel on board the cargo flight bound for Hawaii, the crash created a massive ball of fire – punctuated by smaller explosions from flammable material on the ground – and sent a towering plume of thick black smoke into the sky.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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