How to pronounce “deadline”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
• (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
• (archaic) A line that does not move. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
• [Verb]
• (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

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