Associations to the word «Deadlock»
Noun
- Vote
- Convention
- Candidate
- Nomination
- Election
- Locking
- Concurrency
- Header
- Resolve
- Partner
- Nemesis
- Compromise
- Break
- Blocking
- Negotiation
- Passageway
- Four
- Starvation
- Inversion
- Shootout
- Juror
- Verification
- Graph
- Platt
- Showdown
- Transaction
- Trench
- Scotty
- Avoidance
- Bloodshed
- Ballot
- Lock
- Caretaker
- Penalty
- Irony
- Crazy
- Blaine
- Legislature
- Derry
- Nike
- Quake
- Kerr
- Exclusion
- Taft
- Thread
- Walsh
- Ajax
- Algorithm
- Detection
- Barlow
- Southampton
- Allies
- Replay
- Commitment
- Termination
- Elimination
- Arbitration
- Priority
- Crisis
- Guarantee
- Cycle
- Protocol
- Dissolution
- Parti
- Senate
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DEADLOCK, noun. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse
DEADLOCK, noun. (computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation
DEADLOCK, verb. To cause or to come to a deadlock
Dictionary definition
DEADLOCK, noun. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.