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- - dead-ball line
  - dead-nettle
  - deadbeat
  - deadbolt
  - deaden
  - deadeye
  - deadfall
  - deadhead
  - deadlight
  - deadline
  - deadlock
  - deadly
  - deadly nightshade
  - deadly sin
  - deadpan
  - deadrise
  - deadstock
  - deadweight
  - deaf
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deadlock

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deadlock/ˈdedlɒk/

▶noun

1 a situation in which no progress can be made.

2 Brit. a lock operated by a key, as distinct from a spring lock.

▶verb

1 bring to a deadlock.

2 Brit. secure with a deadlock.

'deadlock' also found in these Oxford entries:

checkmate - impasse - logjam - spring lock - stand-off

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