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▸ noun: (by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
▸ noun: Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
▸ verb: (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
Similar:
deadlock,
standstill,
impasse,
dead stand,
seki,
Mexican standoff,
dead set,
checkmate,
stasis,
stand,
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political,
military,
nuclear,
bloody,
long,
present,
strategic,
current,
virtual,
complete,
prolonged
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