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Standstill

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Noun

1. dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill

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

Example Sentences:
'reached an impasse on the negotiations'

2. stand, standstill, tie-up

an interruption of normal activity

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Standstill

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noun
a complete cessation of movement; stop; halt
the car came to a standstill

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Standstill

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noun
a stop, halt, or cessation

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

Standstill

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n.
Complete cessation of activity or progress: Work came to a standstill.

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