Might mean (unverified): Mutual stalemate causing inaction, deadlock.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (deathlock)

noun:  (sports) A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.
noun:  Synonym of death grip
noun:  A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
noun:  (figurative) A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.
noun:  Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.
noun:  (figurative) A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.

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