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, 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, 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. Adam Mount:

   This approach is clearly a dead end. There are no indications that North Korea is interested in returning to the world of 'fire and fury', the concern now is the president's reaction. Will he calculate that he stands to gain more domestically with returning to threats? Does he want to distract from domestic political or legal problems? All of those things could have volatile results.

2. John Williams:

   So usually if a virus goes from an animal to a human, it's sort of dead end. That person gets sick but it doesn't spread further.

3. Bob Reish:

   Patience is the discipline to we have that will enable us to reach the goals we aspire to achieve without taking the easy detour which leads to a dead end.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   Kiev's attempts to exert economic pressure on Donbas (region of east Ukraine) and disrupt its daily life only aggravates the situation. This is a dead-end track, fraught with a big catastrophe.

5. Ayman Odeh:

   We want this government which led all of us, Jews and Arabs, to a dead end, not to continue, but we are not in Herzog's pocket.