Definition of a dead end

dead end

noun

• of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.

                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Vendetta", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 2 Episode 9 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Sep 17 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'dead':
beat a dead horse	Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
brain-dead	Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc.
cut somebody dead	Definitions include: to deliberately ignore someone when you meet them.
DDG	Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
dead	Definitions include: to consume or use up.
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
dead *ss	Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying".
dead cracked	Definitions include: without money
dead drunk	Definitions include: extremely drunk - passed out or near to passing out.
deaded	Definitions include: extremely tired.
dead log	Definitions include: a person who simply lays there during sex, without responding.
dead meat	Definitions include: dead people or persons.
dead nuts	Definitions include: accurate; "dead on".
dead presidents	Definitions include: money.
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Other terms relating to 'end':
*ss-end of space	Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
at (one's) wit's end	Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
at the end of (one's) rope	Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
bell end	Definitions include: a foolish person.
business end, the	Definitions include: the functional end, especially of a tool.
end	Definitions include: To kill something, especially murder. "Tony got pissed off at Big Al's bullshit and ended him."
end of	Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
end of the line	Definitions include: the last part of something.
ends	Definitions include: money.
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EOD	Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day."
EOF	Definitions include: acronym for "end of file".
EOM	Definitions include: acronym for "end of message".
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