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1. A condition in which neither progress nor advancement is possible: The mountain road was very narrow where the two cars met and this impasse posed a definite problem for the drivers because they couldn't pass each other!
2. A road with only one way in; a dead-end street; a blind alley: The Smith family lived in an impasse, and they had to turn their car around and go out in the same manner as they came in!
![A road or street which has no outlet.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-1.jpg)
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![An impassible way to go.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-2.jpg)
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![A predicament with no solutions.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-3.jpg)
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![A predicament with no solutions.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-4.jpg)
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2. A road with only one way in; a dead-end street; a blind alley: The Smith family lived in an impasse, and they had to turn their car around and go out in the same manner as they came in!
![A road or street which has no outlet.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-1.jpg)
![An impassible way to go.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-2.jpg)
![A predicament with no solutions.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-3.jpg)
![A predicament with no solutions.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/impasse-4.jpg)
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pass-, pace-
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