deadpool

plural deadpools

1. alternativeAlternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”).

   The hydraulic head is the difference between the normal maximum water surface elevation and the deadpool (e.g. the water level below which water can no longer be discharged) elevation.

   2010, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 33

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   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.

   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

   Now many dams are approaching deadpool, without enough water to even flow past the dam or turn the electric generators, and more and more rivers don't even reach the sea, even the mighty Nile.

   2016 July 28, Paul Sequoia Rauch, Forsaken Earth: The Ongoing Mass Extinction, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 180

2. alternativeAlternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”).

present singular third person deadpools · participle present deadpooling · participle past deadpooled · past deadpooled

1. ambitransitiveinformalbusinessOf a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.

   Although the influx of start-ups was relatively higher previously, many start-ups have deadpooled too.

   2023 July 31, “Web3 start-ups’ growth stalls amid regulatory uncertainty”, in Businessline, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: The Hindu Group, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   After burning through $10.5 million in capital that was raised over the three years of its operation, and unable to generate enough revenue to keep the website afloat, the company began looking for a new buyer. Judy's Book was deadpooled in October 2007.

   [2011?], “Judy's Book”, in The Social Networking Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about Social Networking, [United States?]: [Tebbo], →ISBN, page 633

   The lbs market is evolving so rapidly that some well-known names (Gowalla, Brightkite, Babbleville) have already gone under—“deadpooled” is the industry term—or been acquired (such as Loopt, which prepaid card specialist Green Dot will use to enter the mobile wallet business).

   2013, Richard D. Easton, Eric F. Frazier, “Where Are We? gps and gnss Today”, in GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, Lincoln, Neb.: Potomac Books, →ISBN