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impasse
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of IMPASSE
1
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in <in their bitter custody battle, the divorcing couple are at a total impasse>
2
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape <the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops>
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