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Noun standstill has 2 senses
- 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
- stand, standstill, tie-up - an interruption of normal activity
--2 is a kind of stop, halt
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