dead end
[noun]
Synonyms: blind alley, cul-de-sac, impasse, pocket

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Related Words: corner, hole, deadlock, halt, standstill, bottleneck

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ˌdead ˈend noun [countable]

1. a street with no way out at one end

2. a situation where no more progress is possible
come to/reach a dead end
The negotiations have reached a dead end.

3. dead-end job a job with low wages and no chance of progress

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dead end
a situation in which no progress can be made.
Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.

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dead-end
a dead end - a situation in which no progress can be made.
He found himself stuck in a low-paid, dead-end job.
(always before noun)
She moved to London to escape from a dead-end relationship.

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dead end
the end of a road, an impasse
The negotiations between the players and the owners have come to a dead end.

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dead end
v. To not continue normally but end in a closure (said of streets).
Our street dead-ends on the lake.

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