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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
The storms rendered some roads impassable, damaged buildings and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
In Southern California, intense rainfall triggered large debris flows, making several streets impassable, including Mulholland Drive in Santa Monica and several roads in the Palisades.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
—Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
The warnings have also prompted multiple highway closures in the area, with the department warning that roads could become impassable and that there was water already on some roads.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
In Southern California, intense rainfall triggered large debris flows, making several streets impassable, including Mulholland Drive in Santa Monica and several roads in the Palisades.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
—Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
The warnings have also prompted multiple highway closures in the area, with the department warning that roads could become impassable and that there was water already on some roads.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
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Melania Trump wears black veil to Pope Francis' funeral as President Trump dons blue suit As the president's second term in office passes the 100-day mark, here is a closer look at the first lady's lookbook.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Orioles closer Félix Bautista then put the Yankees, who went 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on, down in the ninth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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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
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Choose a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables.—
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH,
Verywell Health,
2 May 2025
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Meanwhile, many of the team's projects — or the funding for them — were frozen or got stuck in limbo, especially anything related to climate change.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
1 May 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The company still relies on carriers for a portion of its deliveries, including the U.S. Postal Service, which is traditionally relied on for shipments to costlier and less dense rural areas.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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But liquid water is, unusually, denser than its solid icy form.—
Robin George Andrews,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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