A piece of rope, especially one used as a lash in inflicting punishment.

To be destroyed or ruined; to go up in smoke.

The enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.

(Britain, vulgar) Alternative spelling of bell-end / The flanged end of a pipe / The protective device around the valve of a gas cylinder

(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) To cease to be told about, or nagged because of, something.

The date and time at which a police officer was killed while on duty.

consequence

simple past tense and past participle of dead-end

present participle of dead-end

The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the back matter.