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POWER OUTAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails

Example:

the ice storm caused a power outage

Synonyms:

power failure; power outage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("power outage" is a kind of...):

breakdown; equipment failure (a cessation of normal operation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power outage"):

blackout (the failure of electric power for a general region)

flame-out (the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion)

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