About The Word Deadlock
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Deadlock
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What's The Definition Of Deadlock?
[n] a situation in which no progress can be made; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deadlock: impasse | stalemate | standstill Related Terms | Find terms related to Deadlock: arrest | bell | blind alley | block | box | brake | bring to | bring up short | cessation | check | checkmate | condition | corner | cul-de-sac | cut short | cutoff | dam | dead end | dead heat | dead set | dead stand | dead stop | dead-end street | dilemma | draw | draw rein | dying down | ebb | ebbing | end | endgame | ending | even break | extremity | fair shake | final whistle | freeze | full stop | grinding halt | gun | halt | hole | impasse | knotted score | lock | lockout | neck-and-neck race | photo finish | plight | posture | predicament | pull up | put paid to | quandary | sit-down strike | situation | slow down | stalemate | stall | stand | standoff | stand-off | standstill | state | stay | stem | stem the tide | stillstand | stop | stop cold | stop dead | stop short | stoppage | strike | stymie | subsidence | the same | tie | Tweedledum and Tweedledee | walkout | wane | waning | work stoppage See Also | arrest | check | halt | hitch | stay | stop | stoppage Deadlock In Webster's Dictionary \Dead"lock`\, n.
1. A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to
throw the bolt forward.
2. A counteraction of things, which produces an entire
stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
Things are at a deadlock. --London
Times.
The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of
two to two. --The Century.
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