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deadlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill |
| Type of | situation |
Examples of deadlock
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The trial was ended after jurors reached a 10-2 deadlock in favor of conviction.
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He outlined a five-point plan that he is confident will help break the deadlock.
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Given hopes that the summit would break that deadlock, this was almost shocking.
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The first half was fast and furious with both sides vying to break the deadlock.
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Boston broke the deadlock in overtime with Shawn Horcoff in the box for hooking.
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That signals continuing deadlock in peacemaking with Syria and the Palestinians.
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Neither could break the other, and a tiebreak was needed to settle the deadlock.
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Public anger and fear are, I think, major factors in the congressional deadlock.
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Rookie Ryan Russell's goal midway through the third period broke a 3-3 deadlock.
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- A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
- (deadlocked) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions; "the chess game ended with white stalemated"; "the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"
- A deadlock is a situation wherein two or more competing actions are each waiting for the other to finish, and thus neither ever does. It is often seen in a paradox like the "chicken or the egg".
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- "Deadlock" is the eighteenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It aired on television in the United States and Canada.
- In game theory, Deadlock is a game where the action that is mutually most beneficial is also dominant. (An example payoff matrix for Deadlock is pictured to the right.) This provides a contrast to the Prisoner's Dilemma where the mutually most beneficial action is dominated. ...
- Deadlock is a German melodic death metal band from Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria, Germany. In 2010 they supported Lacuna Coil.
- Deadlock is a detective novel by sara Paretsky told in the first person by private eye (Vick) V. I. Warshawski. Vic goes to the Chcigo port to find out about her cousin Boom Boom's death. She believes thatBoom Boom was killed. ...
- A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse; An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation; to cause or to come to a deadlock
