DEAD END Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈded-ˈend

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as in to end

to come to an end after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended

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dead end

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noun

as in high road

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as in dilemma

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At the end of the first episode, Nicky — a gay pastor — and Morgan — impulsive and stuck in a seemingly dead-end relationship — land in the pocket of organized criminals, being forced at gunpoint into the back of a delivery truck. —

Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 In 2008, investigators faced another dead-end lead. —

Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026

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In 2018, police raided a monastery in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (the Provençal town near Saint-Tropez where his car was abandoned) after a witness reported seeing a man who resembled Ligonnès, but this again proved to be a dead end. —

The Week Uk, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026 Having hit a dead end, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office decided to bring the case to the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that uses investigative genetic genealogy experts, who work pro bono, to identify unknown deceased persons. —

Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dead-end

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For loved ones, the ceremony is not only about mourning, but about reclaiming Tianah's story from the violence that ended it.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Months before that, in a separate interview, the star revealed Netflix had not called her back to film after her maternity leave ended.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026