dead end

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Synonyms: dead-end, deadend, head end, deaden, deadland, deadhead, rear end, deadened, dead on, headend, deep end

Antonyms: dead-end, deadend, head end, deaden, deadland, deadhead, rear end, deadened, dead on, headend, deep end

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|idiomatic}} A [[street]] or [[path]] or [[tunnel]] that goes [[nowhere]] or is [[block]]ed on one end.
2. {{lb|en|mining}} The inner end of a [[drift]] or [[tunnel]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[position]] that [[offer]]s no [[hope]] of [[change]] or [[progress]].
4. A [[split end]] in the [[hair]].

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