It was a standoff.
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Standoff
//ˈstændɒf//
Synonyms for "standoff" (96 found)
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27 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- bloqueig noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- enfrontament noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- taules noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
French
1 entries- entretoise filetée noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
German
4 entries- Abstandhalter noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
- Halter noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
- Pattsituation noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- festgefahrene Lage noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Hungarian
2 entries- holtpont noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- patthelyzet noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Italian
2 entries- impasse noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- stallo noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Polish
4 entries- impas noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- pat noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- przeciwwaga noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
- sytuacja patowa noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Portuguese
2 entries- confronto noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- impasse noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Russian
3 entries- проста́вка noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
- противостоя́ние noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- распо́рка noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- razmaknica noun (a device which maintains a fixed distance)
Spanish
4 entries- enfrentamiento noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- estancamiento noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- impasse noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
- impás noun (a deadlocked confrontation)
Sample sentences
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There's a great scene in that old movie showing a Mexican standoff: all the men are ready to draw their guns if anyone else draws his gun, but nobody is willing to make the first move.
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The political landscape of the region turned into a Mexican standoff.
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The army imposed martial law in the country Tuesday and insisted the action is not a coup but is instead aimed at resolving the political standoff through dialogue.
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