impassable
adjective/ɪmˈpæsəbəl/
Frequency rank: #16,576 most common English word
Meaning
impossible to travel through or over
Example sentence
Heavy snowfall made the mountain road completely impassable.
Synonyms & related words
- blocked
- unpassable
- impenetrable
- closed
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