stalemate

stalemate
n
1. deadlock, impasse, standstill; qui-etus, deathblow; halt, stop, stoppage, full stop, dead stop; stand, stay, check, checkmate, mate; blockage, block; stand-off, tie, draw, dead heat.
2. dilemma, perplexity, nonplus; predicament, hole, Inf. fix, corner; dead end, blind alley, cul-de-sac.
3. defeat, overthrow, rout, vanquishment; collapse, fall, downfall.
v
4. stop, halt, cease; deadlock, bring to a standstill; stand, stay, curb, check, checkmate; forestall, preclude, obviate, intercept; block, blockade, bar, debar; thwart, trump.
5. prostrate, paralyze, incapacitate, disable, render helpless, make ineffective; undermine, spike, Inf. put the kibosh on.
6. hinder, impede, obstruct, clog, trammel; cramp, bind, shackle, inhibit; corner, run or drive into a corner, drive or push to the wall, Inf. tree.
7. confuse, confound, perplex, bewilder, stump, embarrass, nonplus, Inf. flummox.

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