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synonyms for dead-ends

  • choke off
  • crimp
  • foil
  • impede
  • obstruct
  • stall
  • stonewall
  • thwart
  • balk
  • block
  • confound
  • corner
  • crab
  • cramp
  • defeat
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • pigeonhole
  • prevent
  • puzzle
  • shelve
  • snooker
  • stump
  • cramp one's style
  • cut off
  • dead-end
  • give the runaround
  • hang fire
  • hang-up
  • hold off
  • hold up
  • put on back burner
  • put on hold
  • throw a monkey wrench into
On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dead-ends, such as: choke off, crimp, foil, impede, obstruct, and stall.

antonyms for dead-ends

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  • abet
  • advance
  • aid
  • assist
  • forward
  • help
  • support
  • allow
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • explicate
  • let go
  • release
  • encourage
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How to use dead-ends in a sentence

The one street dead ends and the other street that goes on down under the viaduct?
WARREN COMMISSION (6 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. VI (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Elm Street dead ends there just beyond the building, doesn't it?
WARREN COMMISSION (6 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. VI (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Then you went down the Elm Street that dead ends to the first railroad track?
WARREN COMMISSION (6 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. VI (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Hudson had lain awake nights thinking of it and all the thoughts had been dead ends.
PROJECT MASTODONCLIFFORD DONALD SIMAK
The back-alleys of Kensington were a maze of coach houses, fences, dead ends and narrow doorways.
SOMEONE COMES TO TOWN, SOMEONE LEAVES TOWNCORY DOCTOROW
The others went between banks into dead ends and served as traps in which to kill the enemy from above.
OUR LEGAL HERITAGE, 5TH ED.S. A. REILLY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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