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Deadlock

Noun

A state of complete inactivity or stagnation resulting from a situation in which no progress can be made.

Sense 1:

A situation in which two or more parties are unable to proceed or reach an agreement because neither is willing to compromise.

"The negotiations came to a deadlock, as neither side was willing to make concessions."

Sense 2:

A situation in which progress is impeded by the simultaneous and mutually exclusive use of a resource by different processes.

"The computer system crashed due to a deadlock caused by two programs trying to access the printer simultaneously."

Verb

To bring to or cause a deadlock.

Sense 1:

To cause a situation in which two or more parties are unable to proceed or reach an agreement.

"The strike deadlocked the negotiations, bringing the production to a halt."

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