Term: deadlock: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: space station: a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: highjacker: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: plate: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: radiation sickness: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: flag officer: a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: rima vestibuli: the opening between the false vocal folds
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: malamute: breed of sled dog developed in Alaska
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: cold: a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: cryptobranchus: type genus of the Cryptobranchidae
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: colicroot: any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic