Dead-end and Persist

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Dead-end verb - To come to an end.

Usage example: after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended

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Persist is an antonym for dead-end.

Persist verb - To continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.

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Dead-end is an antonym for persist.

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