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7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
noun a street with only one way in or out
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. French im- French passe French impassebor. English impasse Borrowed from French impasse.
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