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Recent Examples of unpassable
Human and drug traffickers, and a massive wave of humanity, have now beaten a path through the previously unpassable Darien Gap, which separates the two continents.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Southwest has canceled more than a dozen departing from Louisville after Arctic blast that rendered routes unpassable last week.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
An ice storm expected to arrive late Thursday could leave some roads virtually unpassable, the Oregon Department of Transportation warned, and drivers should avoid travel altogether if slick conditions materialize.
—oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
This caused mud and debris to flow down the mountainsides from the burn scars of the Tamarack and Caldor wildfires of 2021, and made portions of Highway 89 unpassable.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Southwest has canceled more than a dozen departing from Louisville after Arctic blast that rendered routes unpassable last week.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
An ice storm expected to arrive late Thursday could leave some roads virtually unpassable, the Oregon Department of Transportation warned, and drivers should avoid travel altogether if slick conditions materialize.
—oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
This caused mud and debris to flow down the mountainsides from the burn scars of the Tamarack and Caldor wildfires of 2021, and made portions of Highway 89 unpassable.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpassable
impassable
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The heavy snow will make many roads impassable and may produce power outages due to the weight of the snow on tree limbs and power lines.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Until the 1950s, Livigno was completely isolated during the winter, when heavy snow would make the roads connecting it to Italy and Switzerland impassable.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Unpassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpassable. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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