Impassable
adjective
Not able to be travelled through or over.
The heavy snowfall made the hiking trail impassable.
Often appears as...
- road is impassable
- trail is impassable
adjective
Not able to be travelled through or over.
The heavy snowfall made the hiking trail impassable.
Often appears as...
- road is impassable
- trail is impassable
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used to describe physical obstacles that prevent movement, like a road blocked by a landslide.
After the earthquake, the main road was impassable.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Speech
Can also describe a situation that's extremely difficult or impossible to overcome.
The political gridlock made negotiation between the parties impassable.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Temporary
The situation described as 'impassable' is usually temporary, like a flooded road, not permanent.
The hiking trail is impassable in the rainy season but opens up by summer.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used to describe physical obstacles that prevent movement, like a road blocked by a landslide.
After the earthquake, the main road was impassable.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Speech
Can also describe a situation that's extremely difficult or impossible to overcome.
The political gridlock made negotiation between the parties impassable.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Temporary
The situation described as 'impassable' is usually temporary, like a flooded road, not permanent.
The hiking trail is impassable in the rainy season but opens up by summer.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used to describe physical obstacles that prevent movement, like a road blocked by a landslide.
After the earthquake, the main road was impassable.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Speech
Can also describe a situation that's extremely difficult or impossible to overcome.
The political gridlock made negotiation between the parties impassable.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Temporary
The situation described as 'impassable' is usually temporary, like a flooded road, not permanent.
The hiking trail is impassable in the rainy season but opens up by summer.
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Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
The Soviet satellite countries restricted Western trade and movement, so a virtually impassable border formed. It became known as the Iron Curtain. In the former German capital of Berlin, things were particularly complicated.
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Quake Pandas Hanging On...
landscape sometimes impassable and landslides were a constant threat
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
The Soviet satellite countries restricted Western trade and movement, so a virtually impassable border formed. It became known as the Iron Curtain. In the former German capital of Berlin, things were particularly complicated.
Video examples
Quake Pandas Hanging On...
landscape sometimes impassable and landslides were a constant threat
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Quote examples
Benjamin F. Wade
American Politician
We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable for armored vehicles.
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Marianne Moore
American Poet
If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
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Henry J. Heinz
American Businessman
Mountains and oceans do not furnish any impassable barrier to the extension of trade.
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Benjamin F. Wade
American Politician
We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable for armored vehicles.
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Marianne Moore
American Poet
If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
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Henry J. Heinz
American Businessman
Mountains and oceans do not furnish any impassable barrier to the extension of trade.
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