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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impasse \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impasse n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made: "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: {deadlock}, {stalemate}, {standstill}] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: {blind alley}, {cul de sac}, {dead-end street}, {dead end}]
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