Deepwater

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of deep-water. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A minor city in Henry County, Missouri, United States, named after Deepwater Creek.
  2. 2
    A township in Bates County, Missouri.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.
  4. 4
    Dated form of Deep Water, in West Virginia. alt-of, dated
  5. 5
    A small town in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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  1. 6
    A coastal locality in the Gladstone Region of Queensland, Australia.
  2. 7
    A locality in the south-east of South Australia.

Synonyms

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deep seaoceanic

Example

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"Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion killed 11 workers, injured 17 more and leaked 800 million liters of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, ecological devastation has proved hard to reverse."

Etymology

From deep + water.

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