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Gridlock

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Noun

1. gridlock

a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gridlock

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noun
1. 
obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets
2. 
a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock
political gridlock
verb
3. (transitive)
(of traffic) to block or obstruct (an area)

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Gridlock

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noun
1. 
a traffic jam, as at an intersection, in which no vehicle can move in any direction
2. 
any obstructed condition or impasse
airport gridlock, gridlock in the Senate
verb transitive
3. 
to cause gridlock in

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gridlock

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n.
1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets.
2. A complete lack of movement or progress resulting in a backup or stagnation: "the political gridlock that prevented ... the President and Congress from moving expeditiously to cut the budget" (Robert D. Hormats).

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