Usually means: Deadlock where no progress possible.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. impasse: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. impasse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impasse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. impasse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. impasse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Impasse, impasse: Wordnik
  7. impasse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. impasse: Wiktionary
  9. impasse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. impasse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. impasse: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. impasse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. impasse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Impasse (film), Impasse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. impasse: Rhymezone
  17. impasse, impasse (de), impasse (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. impasse: Free Dictionary
  19. impasse: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  3. impasse: Legal dictionary
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  1. impasse: Encyclopedia

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impasse: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
noun:  (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

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