deadlock
/ˈdɛdˌlɑk/ verb C2- To cause or come to a deadlock.
- To bring to a state of deadlock.
He/she/it deadlocks · Past deadlocked · Past participle deadlocked · -ing form deadlocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- deadlock
- He/she/it
- deadlocks
- Past
- deadlocked
- Past participle
- deadlocked
- -ing form
- deadlocking
From the library
The deadlock was broken, however, by a woman’s voice.
She would have nothing to do with it, and for a time Stapleton was at a deadlock.
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