- deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill - a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
--1 is a kind of situation
- stalemate - drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
--2 is a kind of draw, standoff, tie
Derived form: verb stalemate1
- stalemate - subject to a stalemate
--1 is one way to move, go
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stalemate2
Somebody ----s somebody