Synonyms for dead-end
dead-end

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1. cul, cul de sac, dead endnoun

   a passage with access only at one end

   Synonyms:
   dead-end street, cul, cul de sac, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, dead end, standstill, impasse

   Antonyms:
   active

2. deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstilladjective

   a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

   "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

   Synonyms:
   standstill, cul, dead-end street, cul de sac, stand, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, dead end, tie-up, impasse

   Antonyms:
   active

3. dead-endadjective

   lacking opportunities for development or advancement

   "stuck in a dead-end job"

   Antonyms:
   active

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1. List of paraphrases for "dead-end":

   cul-de-sac, impasse, deadlock, stalemate

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How to use dead-end in a sentence?

1. Charalambos Mouratidis:

   I started farming, hoping to have some kind of a more stable future, and now even that effort is at stake, everyone has reached a dead end in this village.

2. Rafik Hariri:

   I can't hide this from you. I have reached a dead end.

3. Korean War.As:

   No blackmailing, blocking or extreme pressuring will work. Acting in one's own way and serving one's own interests will not work. Seeking hegemony and bullying others will not work and will lead the world to nowhere but a dead end.

4. Bill Bratton:

   I'd prefer to just dig the whole damn thing up and put it back the way it was, where Broadway is Broadway and not a dead-end street, the activity is not occurring anywhere else in the area.

5. Jennifer McQuiston:

   They had tested several hundred specimens and it looked like it was coming to a dead end.