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Impasse

Impasse Meaning & Definition
Impasse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impasse?

[n] a street with only one way in or out
[n] a situation in which no progress can be made; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impasse: blind alley | cul de sac | dead-end street | deadlock | stalemate | standstill

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impasse: bar | barrier | blank wall | blind alley | blind gut | block | blockade | blockage | bottleneck | box | cecum | choking | choking off | clog | congestion | constipation | corner | costiveness | cul-de-sac | dead end | dead-end street | deadlock | dilemma | embolism | embolus | extremity | fix | gorge | halt | hole | impediment | infarct | infarction | jam | obstacle | obstipation | obstruction | pickle | plight | pocket | scrape | sealing off | stalemate | stand | stand-off | standstill | stop | stoppage | strangulation

See Also | arrest | check | halt | hitch | stay | stop | stoppage | thoroughfare

Impasse In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`passe"\ ([a^]N`p[aum]s"; E. [i^]m*p[.a]s"), n. [F.] An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape. The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. --Arnold White.

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