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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal
Topics: business
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History
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