dead end

1. An end of a passage, such as a street or pipe, that affords no exit.

2. A point beyond which no movement or progress can be made; an impasse.

dead end

1. another name for cul-de-sac

2. a situation in which further progress is impossible

3. (as modifier) a dead-end street a dead-end job dead-end

(intr) Chiefly US and Canadian to come to a dead end

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Noun	1.	dead end - a passage with access only at one end cul, cul de sac passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
	2.	dead end - a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

dead end

noun

impasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, standoff We have reached a dead end.

adjective

boring, dull, tedious, dead, flat, stale, monotonous, humdrum, uninteresting, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried This is a dead-end job.

Translations

dead end n (also) (fig) → vicolo cieco

dead end → طريق مسدود slepá ulička blindgyde Sackgasse αδιέξοδο callejón sin salida umpikuja impasse slijepa ulica senza uscita 行き止まり 종점 doodlopende straat blindvei ślepa uliczka beco sem saída тупик återvändsgränd ทางตัน çıkmaz sokak ngõ cụt 尽头

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billabong
blind
blind alley
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cul de sac
cul-de-sac
dead
dead-end
dead-end street
deaden
deadlock
impasse
passage
rut
siding
situation
stalemate
standstill
thoroughfare

To this day I am not quite certain whether it was the name of any human habitation, a lonely caserio with a half-effaced carving of a coat of arms over its door, or of some hamlet at the dead end of a ravine with a stony slope at the back.

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