"deadpool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deadpools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} deadpool (plural deadpools)
  1. Alternative form of dead pool (“point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dead pool (extra: point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water)
    Sense id: en-deadpool-en-noun-rzti6Bru Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. Alternative form of dead pool (“game of predicting when people will die”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dead pool (extra: game of predicting when people will die)
    Sense id: en-deadpool-en-noun-SLkXJaKK

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009, Arapaho National Forest (N.F.), Roosevelt National Forest (N.F.), Pawnee National Grassland, Long Draw Reservoir Special Use Authorization: Environmental Impact Statement, page 16",
          "text": "The base of the saddle dam is at an approximate elevation of 10,080 feet, which appears to be about 25 feet above the minimum pool water level. This option would necessitate complete drainage of the reservoir (to deadpool) so that this could be engineered to accommodate a stable channel and inlet area for the micro-tunnel.",
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