Deadlock definition

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A tie between opponents in the course of a contest.
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A standstill resulting from the action of equal and opposed forces; stalemate.
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To bring or come to a deadlock.
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A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
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(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
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To cause or to come to a deadlock.
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A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.
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(sports) A tied score.
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(computers) A failure or inability to proceed due to two programs or devices both requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
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(chiefly british) A deadbolt.
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To bring or come to a deadlock.
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Noun

Singular:
deadlock
Plural:
deadlocks

Deadlock Sentence Examples

  • Negotiations were entered into, but a deadlock ensued.

  • Finally, in 1871, a "constitutional government" was formed by certain Englishmen under King Thakombau; but this, after incurring heavy debt, and promoting the welfare of neither whites nor natives, came after three years to a deadlock, and the British government felt obliged, in the interest of all parties, to accept the unconditional cession now offered (1874).

  • Under these circumstances a constitution of a more severe type was recommended by those responsible for the government of Malta and was about to be adopted, as the only alternative to a deadlock, by the imperial authorities.

  • At the Paris Conference there was from the first a deadlock in the Adriatic dispute.

  • Thus the proposal entirely failed of its effect, and as Italy, Yugoslavia and America each adhered to its standpoint, and the two western Powers shrank from any constructive policy, a fresh deadlock ensued.

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