as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible
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Recent Examples of impassible
Police and fire crews assisted in the dismissal as some routes to the school were open but others were impassible due to the flooding with roads under 3 feet of water.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
Anyone who has driven in Oklahoma knows that fields and dirt roads turn to muddy slip-n-slides at the first hint of rain and quickly become impassible.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Punishing wind and rain downed power lines, scattered debris and made roads impassible as the storm blew past the island.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Some roads were impassible, and a stretch of Interstate 95 was completely shut down for hours.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
Anyone who has driven in Oklahoma knows that fields and dirt roads turn to muddy slip-n-slides at the first hint of rain and quickly become impassible.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Punishing wind and rain downed power lines, scattered debris and made roads impassible as the storm blew past the island.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Some roads were impassible, and a stretch of Interstate 95 was completely shut down for hours.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
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“Impassible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassible. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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