render something impossible

A thing which the fates were to render tragically impossible!

Once the chart came into the light, secrecy was rendered impossible.

A series of coups, changes in government and civil discord rendered that impossible.

But the disarmament process has been rendered impossible by continuing conflict.

Communications throughout the affected area was disrupted or rendered impossible.

In any case, the idea of a gigantic Geneva was quickly rendered impossible by events.

We can build a society where poverty and war will be rendered impossible.

Easy categorisation about the literary and the historical are rendered impossible.

Infinity renders impossible any solution to the problem of meaning.

If an agreement on the Statute is rendered impossible, we are back to square one as regards the travel costs, too.