deadlock

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

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