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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
The road to the farm also remains impassable a month later.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2024
These places may not be cut off from the world by the open ocean, but their barriers are no less impassable.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Roads across the state remained impassable following Milton's torrential downpour and storm surge.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
The next two-mile stretch from Sturtevant Camp northeast to Newcomb Pass remains impassable.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2024
These places may not be cut off from the world by the open ocean, but their barriers are no less impassable.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Roads across the state remained impassable following Milton's torrential downpour and storm surge.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
The next two-mile stretch from Sturtevant Camp northeast to Newcomb Pass remains impassable.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassable
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Ballot recounts are scheduled Tuesday for two close Ramsey County races.Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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China demonstrated its pull on the world stage by welcoming a delegation from Saudi Arabia with its first pavilion at the event, as well as its close ties with Russia even as that country is isolated from Western nations and their allies due to its invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Its silicon balance spring is designed to maintain performance reliability, remaining impervious to magnetic fields and temperature variations.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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The superfluid still rubs against the bucket, but the material is totally impervious to friction until the container reaches a certain rotational speed.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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And don’t plan on thawing a 12-pound frozen turkey under a time crunch.Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Over the years the story has grown to frozen turkeys or even live turkeys out of an airplane, but that is pushing it just a bit.Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 19 Nov. 2024
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Some executives believe that AI development will itself sooner or later migrate to impenetrable bunkers whose supercomputers will be powered with nuclear reactors.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Ahead, an impenetrable tangle of pine forest that's home to all manner of bird and beast.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2024
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Clay deposits, forming an impermeable layer, result in waterlogged soil.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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There is a retention pond to capture heavy rain, minimum impermeable surfaces, and any runoff is directed to trees and plants.Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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There was no impregnable IP, technology, or secret Coca-Cola ingredient.Judah Taub, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2024
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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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States with less dense populations tend to have less traffic, and people in rural communities often live closer to their jobs than those commuting to a city or taking an hourlong subway ride to work, Search Logistics found.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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In the app, the Wildfire Smoke Layer shows where smoke from those fires drifts and how dense that smoke is.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Impassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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