Deadlock
['dedlɒk] or ['dɛdlɑk]
Definition
(noun.) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; 'reached an impasse on the negotiations'.
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Definition
(n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
(n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
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Examples
- In the detestable slang of the day, we were now both at a deadlock, and nothing was left for it but to refer to our clients on either side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was, says Gilbert Murray, a way of arriving at a decision in a case when political feeling was so divided as to threaten a deadlock. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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