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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
For us, the impassable route proved quite passable and even rustic in a fun way.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
By this point, the road behind him was impassable, too.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
By that point, according to survivor accounts, many evacuation routes had been impassable for hours.
—Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may be impassable.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
By this point, the road behind him was impassable, too.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
By that point, according to survivor accounts, many evacuation routes had been impassable for hours.
—Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may be impassable.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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The Jamaican mountain air clung close, warm and perfumed with sage.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 July 2025
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Here’s what to ask yourself: Does someone on your founding team (or close circle) have solid finance experience?—
Rebecca Mitchem,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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For instance, more construction in an area can lead to more impervious surfaces that retain water or shunt it toward a certain neighborhood.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
4 July 2025
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And even the mighty NFL isn’t impervious to the ravages of demographic drift, although the league’s absolute deliveries of the under-50 set remain the gold standard.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Ice cream, toppings, drizzles, coffee Zeds has quickly become a local favorite by offering a refreshing take on the classic frozen treat.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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That equates to extra costs of more than $200 million annually for the maker of Marie Callender's frozen meals and Reddi-wip whipped cream.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Many organizations, particularly in healthcare and pharma, sit on mountains of legacy data that remain impenetrable to the teams who need it most.—
Abigail Stuart,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Riddle has done that in part by embracing the community that sees her as a way into a complicated and sometimes deliberately impenetrable sport.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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To avoid puddling, use permeable landscape fabric rather than impermeable plastic sheeting.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 July 2025
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The part of Texas that flooded last week is known as Flash Flood Alley because of its impermeable limestone hills and frequent downpours, but these floods were unusually severe for the area.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The film starts on the morning of February 17 2003, when detectives from Antwerp’s infamous ‘Diamond Squad’ were called to investigate the night-time robbery of an allegedly impregnable vault in the middle of the Belgian city, which is nicknamed the City of Diamonds.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Towns and counties now have to pick a handful of ways to create denser, cheaper housing and report on their progress every year.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
24 July 2025
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It’s already been tested out successfully in dense urban areas.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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