as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible
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Anyone who has driven in Oklahoma knows that fields and dirt roads turn to muddy slip-n-slides at the first hint of rain and quickly become impassible.
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Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Punishing wind and rain downed power lines, scattered debris and made roads impassible as the storm blew past the island.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Some roads were impassible, and a stretch of Interstate 95 was completely shut down for hours.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Without dredging, the channel would become impassible.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
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Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Punishing wind and rain downed power lines, scattered debris and made roads impassible as the storm blew past the island.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Some roads were impassible, and a stretch of Interstate 95 was completely shut down for hours.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Without dredging, the channel would become impassible.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
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“Impassible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassible. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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