dead end

noun

Definition

› [C] a road that is closed at one end, and does not lead anywhere: a dead-end streetRoutes and roads in general › [S] a situation that has no hope of making progress: Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution.Difficult situations and unpleasant experiencesAccidents and disasters dead-end verb [I] US › If a road or path dead-ends, it is closed at one end, and does not lead anywhere: The road dead-ended halfway up the mountain.

(Definition of dead end noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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