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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;
- Example: "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
[syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill]

2. a street with only one way in or out;
[syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impasse n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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