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Dead end

noun

A passage with access only at one end. Synonyms: cul, cul de sac.

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Synonyms: deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill.

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"Dead end" Quotes from Famous Books

... and breezy optimism at a moment when things looked to be at a dead end made Barry gasp in renewed amazement at this unfathomable second mate, who was so obviously something infinitely ...

— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle

... good grace, and it was almost unthinkable that Jack should have no other reason for his hatred. Yet she could not bring herself even to consider the possibility that the reason was the one he had advanced. She came again to the dead end of conjecture. She could believe in Jack's judgment up to a point—beyond that she could ...

— The Angel of Terror • Edgar Wallace

Words linked to "Dead end" : passage, situation