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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
Roman friends report that with the arrival of spring weather the city's streets are already impassable in many popular areas, just as hotel and apartment rental options also are difficult to come by.
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Roads over mountain passes are expected to be slick or impassable, with whiteout conditions likely during peak snowfall.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Heavy snow and high winds could lead to whiteout conditions, making roads impassable in some areas, the NWS has warned.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The fleeing bear apparently had come to the foot of one of those vertical lava cliffs that make the walls of these canyons straight-sided and impassable in places.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Roads over mountain passes are expected to be slick or impassable, with whiteout conditions likely during peak snowfall.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Heavy snow and high winds could lead to whiteout conditions, making roads impassable in some areas, the NWS has warned.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The fleeing bear apparently had come to the foot of one of those vertical lava cliffs that make the walls of these canyons straight-sided and impassable in places.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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Numerous outlets have already reported on how close Barca is to landing breakout 2024/2025 La Liga star Joan Garcia from Espanyol, which could complicate Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s future as Hansi Flick’s first choice goalkeeper.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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These include the claim that children are virtually impervious to COVID, which has been refuted by the injury and death toll among children.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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First, the team looked at the microbiomes of corals that are impervious to SCTLD to try and harvest probiotics from these disease-resistant species.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Some fans have their hands over their mouths in disbelief, almost frozen.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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And where leadership believes their infrastructure is impenetrable, red teams often walk through the front door with nothing more than confidence and a cover story.—
Jochen Schwenk,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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To say that this film is impenetrable is an understatement.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The spongy material is mostly made of air, yet nearly impermeable to both air and liquid.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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Given the area’s especially hard, impermeable soil and the high cost of installing private wastewater systems, many residents have resorted to straight piping to deal with human wastewater.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Editor’s picks The world itself is lively, if not exactly dense.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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In Puerto Rico earlier in the week, the cloud was dense and caused hazy skies, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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