impasse
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Meanings
Noun
1. stalemate, impasse (situation in which no progress can be made; not used in the chess sense of stalemate)
2. dead-end; cul-de-sac (street)
Examples13
It was a standoff.
They have reached a deadlock.
He seems to be in a slump.
We must try to break the deadlock.
It's a dead end.
We're heading down a dead end.