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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(construction) A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays..
The building code requires deadmen for retaining walls.
a deadman device
[...] a Brown-Boveri deadman's control; [...].
Use dead man when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dead man means (construction) A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays..
Common synonyms include dead man's switch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The building code requires deadmen for retaining walls.
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