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Stalemate   /stˈeɪlmˌeɪt/   Listen
Stalemate

noun
1.
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.  Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill.
2.
Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.
verb
1.
Subject to a stalemate.





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"Stalemate" Quotes from Famous Books



... disgusted nation, before him illimitable warfare; bound by the letter of an ambiguous treaty, occupied in a doubtful conquest, thwarted in his ambitions; in short, if not checkmated, put into a position very much like that known in the noble game of chess as stalemate! ...
— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane
... obvious now that we could never win—nor could they. The Rebels, as we called them, were every whit as strong as we, and while we enjoyed the advantages of superior position and technology they had the advantage of superior numbers. It was stalemate,—the longest, fiercest stalemate in man's bloody history. But it was stalemate with a purpose. It was a crazy war—a period of constant hostilities mingled with sporadic offensive actions like the one we were ...
— A Question of Courage • Jesse Franklin Bone


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