Antonyms for deadlocked

Grammar : Adj, adv, verb

Spell : ded-lok

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌlɒk

Definition of deadlocked

Origin : "complete standstill," from dead (adj.), in its emphatic use, + lock (n.). First attested 1779 in Sheridan's play "The Critic."

As in motionless : adj calm, not moving
As in static : adj motionless, changeless
As in neck-and-neck : adj very close
As in tied : adj even
As in stock-still : adj motionless
As in nip and tuck : adv very close and evenly contested
As in tie : verb equal

Example sentences :

Grant is deadlocked at Petersburg and may be there all winter.
Extract from : « The Southerner » by Thomas Dixon

Deadlocked, they looked at each other and tried not to let their eyes smile.
Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower

Lee and Grant were deadlocked in the trenches before Petersburg, but here in the valley history would be made again.
Extract from : « The Tree of Appomattox » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The election being disputed, it fell to them to decide the question—something they would never do, since they were deadlocked.
Extract from : « The Greater Republic » by Charles Morris

“Con” was Cornelius Bonner, an Irishman, one of the deadlocked school board, and the 22 captain of the road grader.
Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick

The deadlocked members of the board had been so long at loggerheads that their relations had swayed back to something like amity.
Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick

With the good government which followed these changes a deadlocked Congress showed no great desire to interfere.
Extract from : « The Sequel of Appomattox » by Walter Lynwood Fleming

Synonyms for deadlocked

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