impasse /am-pasˈ or ɛ̃-pas/

1. A situation from which further progress is impossible
2. A deadlock, stalemate

• strike a balance
• strike a bargain
• strike a chord
• strike a false note
• strike a light
• strike all of a heap
• strike a match
• strike an attitude
• strike at
• strike back
• strikebound
• strikebreaker
• strikebreakers
• strikebreaking
• strikebreakings
• strike down
• strike dumb
• strike fault
• strike faults
• strike force
• strike forces
• strike hands
• strike home
• strike in
• strike into