Impasse
Pronunciation : Im`passe" (aN`p?s"; E. im*pas")
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
[F.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913