deadlock (n.)
- arrest
- bell
- block
- box
- brake
- cessation
- check
- checkmate
- condition
- corner
- cutoff
- dam
- dilemma
- draw
- ebb
- ebbing
- end
- endgame
- ending
- extremity
- freeze
- gun
- halt
- hole
- impasse
- lock
- lockout
- plight
- posture
- predicament
- quandary
- situation
- stalemate
- stall
- stand
- standoff
- standstill
- state
- stay
- stem
- stop
- stoppage
- strike
- stymie
- subsidence
- tie
- walkout
- wane
- waning
