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dead end

Syllabification: (dead end)
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Definition of dead end

noun

  • an end of a road or passage from which no exit is possible; a cul-de-sac:the path came to a dead end
  • a road or passage having a dead end.
  • a situation offering no prospects of progress or development: [as modifier]:a dead-end job

verb

[no object] (dead-end)
  • North American (of a road or passage) come to a dead end:he kept walking, until the corridor dead-ended

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