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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
Buildings have collapsed, roads are impassable, bridges are inoperable, and hospitals are filled.
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Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Power outages and a lack of snowplows have remained a concern during winter storms for Texans, particularly after 2021, when nearly 70% of the state lost power and ice and snow made many roads impassable and dangerous during a dayslong Arctic winter storm.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Immediate river roads may become impassable in all of these communities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Derelict culverts both threaten the integrity of roads and block fish migrations; on one stream in western Washington, for example, a series of too-narrow, impassable culverts prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds, violating the fishing rights of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Power outages and a lack of snowplows have remained a concern during winter storms for Texans, particularly after 2021, when nearly 70% of the state lost power and ice and snow made many roads impassable and dangerous during a dayslong Arctic winter storm.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Immediate river roads may become impassable in all of these communities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Derelict culverts both threaten the integrity of roads and block fish migrations; on one stream in western Washington, for example, a series of too-narrow, impassable culverts prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds, violating the fishing rights of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
Adjective
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There are several international destinations where pickpocketing is extremely common, so having all of my essentials close is a priority.—
Jordyn Burrell,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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The six-point halftime margin would be the closest Boise State would be to Nebraska for the rest of the game.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The effect was to view non-European peoples as constitutionally bound by custom, impervious to progress, and inscrutable to the Western mind.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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But this isn’t a self-help column, or a prescription for better (or impervious) living.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Choose frozen fruits or vegetables that are out of season.—
Lindsey DeSoto, RD, LD,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Ditto for garden produce: tomatoes and peppers grown in patio containers can be turned into frozen salsa or pasta sauce.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even more impressively, against a Colorado defense that was impenetrable Saturday, with the Rays lacing the balls all over the field and the Rockies making a reel of highlight plays.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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The difficult terrain, impenetrable vegetation, and challenging navigation mean most hikers cover at least 50 percent more distance than that.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Strong metal clamps replicate the design of the polymer hinges on regular Pelican cases, squeezing the case shut on the gasket to create an impermeable seal.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
26 Mar. 2025
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Taxing cruise ships with foreign flags seems like a simple concept, like building an impermeable border wall.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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From Sandro Tonali to Dan Burn and Dubravka, this current side have been borderline impregnable over the past month.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria.—
Natasha Hall,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Select plants with dense habits and thick cover to outcompete weeds that germinate in these border plantings.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Behind every large language model or real-time inference engine lies a dense web of data centers, chips, storage, and cooling infrastructure.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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