deadlock
noun
a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate.
was deadlocking
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past progressiveof deadlock.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One day during afternoon rec, when I was deadlocking all the cells, he called me back to his.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
