logjam

Noun

Meaning

an immovable mass of logs blocking a river

any stoppage attributable to unusual activity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

quagmire stop traffic block bar delay barrier halt blockade congestion detention pause stalemate jam obstruction

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Antonyms

call advantage solution boon promising future floor consideration

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Hypernyms

mass stop stay check arrest halt

Examples

the legislation ran into a logjam Source: Internet

"About 15 persons were said to have sustained gun-shot injuries, while innocent citizens of the state were made to suffer severe traffic logjam due to the bonfire they set along Airport Road. Source: Internet

After the legislative branch passed a $900 billion pandemic relief packageTrump threatened to knock it down in an unexpected logjam after months of compromises and negotiations. Source: Internet

An alternative explanation put forward by the authors of the Logjam attack suggests that the NSA compromised IPsec VPNs by undermining the Diffie-Hellman algorithm used in the key exchange. Source: Internet

Break the logjam, let states fully take over testing so they can unleash hundreds of labs tomorrow and bring testing to scale,” he wrote. Source: Internet

Behind Cobb and Logan is a logjam of nine anglers with 30-plus pounds. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

logitian Logiudice logizomechanophobia logjammed logko logKOW