|
|
Definition of Deadlocked
1. Adjective. At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. "The two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"
Definition of Deadlocked
1. Verb. (past of deadlock) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadlocked
1. deadlock [v] - See also: deadlock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadlocked
Literary usage of Deadlocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great War: A Pictorial History of the 1914-1919 Fight for Freedom and by Thomas Herbert Russell, William Dunseath Eaton (1919)
"... Battle Line—Germans Face French and British in the Aisne Valley and Fight for
Weeks—Mighty Armies deadlocked After a Desperate and Bloody Struggle. ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"10 the situation here, too, has again been deadlocked, as all along the rest of
the western front. On the Austro-Italian front the first general Italian ..."
3. Readings on American State Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1911)
"... is a list of the cases of deadlocked legislatures since 1891, which is given
by Dr. George H. Haynes in "The Election of Senators," published recently. ..."
4. Law and Order in Industry: Five Years' Experience by Julius Henry Cohen (1916)
"As this involved a question of interpretation which could be passed upon finally
only by the Board of Arbitration, it left but 9 actually deadlocked cases. ..."
Other Resources:
