impassable
Example Sentences
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Amazon plans 200 rural hubs covering 13,000 ZIP Codes across 1.2 million square miles, facing challenges like impassable roads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Some 32 gritters were sent out in Aberdeenshire on Sunday morning but parts of the road network were still said to be "impassable".
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
The recent storms have also closed roads throughout the park, covering paved roads in debris and making them impassable, according to a National Park Service news release.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Multiple highways remained impassable Saturday and 300,000 people were without power, after a blackout that initially affected more than a million, the environment ministry added.
From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025
Where it settled, the snow was wet and heavy and getting deep enough that soon it would be impassable and we would have to take shelter whether we wanted to or not.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.