impasse, deadlock, logjam, standoff, gridlock, wrangling, tussle, acrimony, squabble, dispute, negotiations, imbroglio, haggling, bickering, rift, indecision, intransigence, disagreement, compromise, brinkmanship, conflict, strife, infighting, quagmire, endgame, feud, showdown, confrontation, walkout, stagnation, limbo, discord, skirmishes, schism, quandary, dickering, intransigency, negations, stalling, slugfest, crisis, battle, tense, cliffhanger, goalless, paralysis, talks, trench warfare, debate, tiff, lame duck, rancor, tension, divide, sides, contretemps, hostilities, vicious circle, negotiators, losing streak, morass, conundrum, clashes, detente, slanging match, donnybrook, lull, chaos, strike, dogfight, gamesmanship, stoppage, struggle, vicious cycle, holdout, truce, modus vivendi, bloodshed, tie, delay, inaction, turmoil, dissension, conciliation, predicament, hoodoo, dilemma, crunch, disunity, situation, mediation, bloodbath, quarrels, contentiousness, defeat, duel, blockade, animosity, indecisiveness, stopgap, scuffles, uncertainty, anarchy, contestation, deadlocks, estrangement, ban, ostracism, battleground, enslavement, disunion

arrest, check, draw, go, halt, hitch, move, stay, stop

standstill