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    POWER OUTAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Equipment failure resulting when the supply of power failsplay

    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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