Synonyms for dead end
dead end

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1. cul, cul de sac, dead endnoun

   a passage with access only at one end

   Synonyms:
   dead-end street, cul, cul de sac, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, standstill, impasse

   Antonyms:
   active

2. deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstilladjective

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

   "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

   Synonyms:
   standstill, cul, dead-end street, cul de sac, stand, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, tie-up, impasse

   Antonyms:
   active

3. dead-endadjective

   lacking opportunities for development or advancement

   "stuck in a dead-end job"

   Antonyms:
   active

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1. The Chinese President:

   Reunification is the historical trend and the right path, Taiwan independence is... a dead end.

2. Denis Watley:

   Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

3. Ayman Odeh:

   We want this government which led all of us, Jews and Arabs, to a dead end, not to continue, but we are not in Herzog's pocket.

4. John Williams:

   So usually if a virus goes from an animal to a human, it's sort of dead end. That person gets sick but it doesn't spread further.

5. Henry Louis Mencken:

   Life is a dead-end street.