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Adjective
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 In the race to get to safety on Tuesday, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases. Matthew Knight, Tony Kurzweil, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
It’s been virtually cut off from the outside world because of impassible roads. Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024 Back in 2022, when the Lerner family tried to do just that, the media dispute proved an impassible roadblock, Sportico previously reported. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for impassable

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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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