Impasse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {stalemate},
             {standstill}]
       2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: {blind alley}, {cul
          de sac}, {dead-end street}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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