Impassable
[ɪm'pɑːsəb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pæsəbl]
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, pathless.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PASSABLE]
Typist: Zamenhof
Definition
adj. not capable of being passed.—ns. Impassabil′ity Impass′ableness.—adv. Impass′ably.
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Examples
- The season was bad, the roads impassable for anything except such an army as he had, and I should not have thought of ordering such a move. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Alternate frosts and thaws succeeding to floods, rendered the country impassable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Many of the narrower streets would be impassable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She felt she was alone, quite alone, and the far-off shining cliffs of England were impassable to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The heavy rains of a few days before had swelled the stream into a mad torrent, impassable except on bridges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was no road between Burnsville and the position then occupied by Rosecrans and the country was impassable for a man on horseback. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It soon set in raining again however, and in a very short time the roads became practically impassable for teams, and almost so for cavalry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the rain continued to fall so heavily that the roads became impassable for artillery and wagon trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The next day a keen wind brought fresh and blinding falls; by twilight the valley was drifted up and almost impassable. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- After the rain of the night before and the frequent and heavy rains for some days previous, the roads were almost impassable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The gulf which separated them was fatal and impassable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You know the distance to Sotherton; it was in the middle of winter, and the roads almost impassable, but I did persuade her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A high-road, though entirely neglected, does not become altogether impassable, though a canal does. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There were low rambling buildings of concrete barred with heavy impassable doors, and no amount of hammering and hallooing brought any response. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The rains had been so heavy for some time before that the low-lands had become impassable swamps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was the centre, the knot, the navel of the world, where the earth belonged to the skies, pure, unapproachable, impassable. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The roads have now become so impassable that ambulances with wounded men can no longer run between here and Fredericksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He stood on the other side of the gulf impassable, haunting his parent with sad eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Paul stood impassable--neutral. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There had been much rain, and the roads were almost impassable from mud, knee-deep in places, and from wash-outs on the mountain sides. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Georgiana took out her handkerchief and blew her nose for an hour afterwards; Eliza sat cold, impassable, and assiduously industrious. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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