Related Words for standstill

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deadlock
/x
Noun
stand
/
Noun, Noun
impasse
x/
Noun, Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun, Noun
halt
/
Noun
stalled
/
Verb
gridlock
/x
Noun
limbo
/x
Noun
nowhere
/x
Adverb
doldrums
/x
Noun
stagnation
x/x
Noun
paralysed
x/x
Verb
bogged
/
Verb
slowed
/
Verb
slump
/
Noun
lurch
/
Noun
practically
/xx
Adverb
unavoidable
xx/xx
Adjective
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
stymied
/x
Verb
breakneck
/x
Noun
crossroads
/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
sudden
/x
Adjective
chaos
/x
Noun
unstoppable
x/xx
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
motionless
/xx
Adjective
decelerated
x/xxx
Verb
disarray
xx/
Noun
paralyzed
/xx
Verb
blockade
x/
Noun
momentarily
xx/xx
Adverb
nightmare
/x
Noun
screeching
/x
Verb
inexorable
x/xxx
Adjective
almost
/x
Adverb
lagging
/x
Noun
nonstop
x/
Noun
silent
/x
Adjective
shuddering
/xx
Verb
turmoil
/x
Noun
plodding
/x
Verb
stuck
/
Verb
stoppage
/x
Noun
virtually
/xxx
Adverb
interminably
/xxxx
Adverb
struggle
/x
Noun
seeming
/x
Verb
prolonged
x/
Adjective
sluggish
/x
Adjective
steady
/x
Adjective
disruption
x/x
Noun
paralysis
x/xx
Noun
lull
/
Noun
stop
/
Noun
perpetual
x/xx
Adjective
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
inescapable
xx/xx
Adjective
brink
/
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
juggernaut
/xx
Noun
delays
x/
Noun
dragged
/
Verb
dawdling
/x
Verb
bedlam
/x
Noun
roadblock
/x
Noun
speed
/
Noun
protracted
x/x
Adjective
shambles
/x
Noun
booming
/x
Adjective
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
frenzy
/x
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
force
/
Noun
rush
/
Noun
hopeless
/x
Adjective
resumed
x/
Verb
slackening
/xx
Noun
unimaginable
xx/xxx
Adjective
hurry
/x
Noun
shutdown
/x
Noun
naught
/
Noun
close
/
Adjective
freeze
/
Noun
full stop
//
Phrase, Noun
still
/
Adverb
resting
/x
Verb
shut
/
Verb
moment of silence
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
lapse
/
Noun
calm
/
Noun
dead center
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
slumber
/x
Noun
languor
//
Noun
dead
/
Adjective
decline
x/
Noun
hibernation
xx/x
Noun
dead air
//
Phrase, Noun
dead zone
//
Phrase, Noun
sleep
/
Noun
expiration
xx/x
Noun
passing
/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
downfall
/x
Noun
decease
x/
Noun
blackout
/x
Noun
kingdom come
/x/
Phrase, Noun
freezing cold
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
outage
/x
Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
wake
/
Noun
midwinter
//x
Noun
rollback
/x
Noun
asystole
xx/
Noun
fibrillation
xx/x
Noun
dialectics
xx/x
Noun
ventricular
x/xx
Adjective
bradycardia
xx/xx
Noun
atrial
/xx
Adjective
reactance
x/x
Noun
auricular
x/xx
Adjective
virtual
/xx
Adjective
rotor
/x
Noun
braked
/
Verb
torque
/
Noun
cardiac
/xx
Adjective
motor
/x
Noun
grinds
/
Verb
near
/
Adjective
battled
/x
Verb
taxied
/x
Verb
arrhythmias
x/xx
Noun
sinus
/x
Adjective
tachycardia
xx/xx
Noun
jolted
/x
Verb
reined
/
Verb
arrest
x/
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective
commitments
x/x
Noun
fought
/
Verb
skidded
/x
Verb
want
/
Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
circulatory
/xxxx
Adjective
abandonment
x/xx
Noun
abdication
xx/x
Noun
abeyance
x/x
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
adjournment
x/x
Noun
alley
/x
Noun
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
ascertained
xx/
Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
banishment
/xx
Noun
bloc
/
Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
blockage
/x
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
contractual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
eclipse
x/
Noun, Verb
enforceable
x/xx
Adjective
ent
/
Noun, Verb
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
frost
/
Noun, Verb
gating
/x
Noun
gel
/
Noun, Verb
ic
x
Name, Adjective
immobility
xx/xx
Noun
immobilization
x/xx/x
Noun
inaction
x/x
Noun
inertia
x/x
Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
interruption
xx/x
Noun
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
liminal
/xx
Adjective
load
/
Noun, Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
morass
x/
Noun
nation
/x
Noun, Adverb
neutral
/x
Adjective, Noun
oblivion
x/xx
Noun, Verb
overload
/xx
Noun, Verb
palsy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
park
/
Noun, Verb
pause
/
Noun, Verb
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
quagmire
/xx
Noun, Verb
quiescent
x/x
Adjective
recession
x/x
Noun
rigidity
x/xx
Noun
ruling
/x
Noun, Adjective
rut
/
Noun, Verb
setback
/x
Noun
severance
/xx
Noun
standoff
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stasis
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
sufferance
/xx
Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun
transitional
x/xx
Adjective
treadmill
/x
Noun, Verb
truce
/
Noun
unemployed
xx/
Adjective
waiting
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name