DEAD END Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈded-ˈend

Definition of dead-end

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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noun

as in high road

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as in dilemma

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So Help Me God’s songs unfurl across five, seven, and even eight minutes, speaking on the perils of not knowing oneself, feeling suffocated by a dead-end relationship, and coaxing out the will to do better. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026 Time confetti is basically a dead-end street to burnout, Brown adds. — Parents, 13 June 2026

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Researchers from the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the CAS Guangxi Institute of Botany, found that massive sinkholes – known as karst tiankengs – are both a haven and a dead end for species. — New Atlas, 24 July 2026 When others see a dead end, the tinkerer studies the hinges, searches for cracks in the wall, and asks a different question entirely. — Lintao "lt" Lu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dead-end

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Skubal dug in and struck out Caglianone to end the inning, getting him with his signature changeup on his final pitch.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Jones was one of several key players who suffered injuries, which led to a seven-game losing streak to end last season.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of end

Noun

The audacious effort was designed to address the Voyagers’ constant dilemma—how to keep the probes running on an ever shrinking trickle of power.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Democrats are facing a dilemma and Michigan’s Senate primary perfectly illustrated it.

— Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of dilemma

Verb

The aid workers who once regularly visited her village to help pregnant women had stopped coming, after foreign aid cuts by the United States shuttered a program aimed at saving mothers’ and babies’ lives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The exposure obviously scares him, but not enough to stop him from filming his next scene, where he’s been tasked with breaking in newcomer Cami Soul.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of stop

Noun

The season is coming to a close, yes, but the water is at its warmest, the farmstand fruit is at its sweetest, and the temperatures, once far too high, have usually cooled down to the high 70s and low 80s (perfection).

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Things started to pick up with the resurrection of Aegon‘s dragon, Sunfyre, but that was at the close of Episode 7!

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of close

Noun

Perez reached safely on the play to put runners on the corners, and two pitches later, Isaac Collins gave the Royals the lead on an RBI double.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Additionally, cornerback Keisean Nixon struggled notably in one-on-one drills, giving up multiple scores and dropping an interception, raising questions about his role as the team's top corner.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of corner

Noun

Heavy deposits could collapse roofs, contaminate water, damage machinery, bury crops, disrupt power networks, and make roads difficult to use.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Torrential downpours routinely inundate roads and railway lines, disrupt air and rail traffic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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