blackout
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈblækˌaʊt/
:
apagón
- The ISO had to impose rolling blackouts in Northern California that affected about 380,000 customers.
- power blackouts
- rolling blackouts
- electrical blackouts
And this time it the the blackout only lasted one hour.
- And this time it the the blackout only lasted one hour.
- Distribution is the source of most blackouts, but these are the local blackouts.
- So they have rolling blackouts a lot in Venezuela still to this day.
- California's having blackouts every week, bracket brownouts, blackouts.
- If there was an electrical blackout and you lost your phone, magnetic tube, phone goes down, lights go down, total blackout.
- So in other words, the government handcuffs our existing infrastructure system, which is leading to more fires, more damage, and more blackouts.
- We can't windmill and solar farm our way to the base load energy that we need, so people don't want to have rolling brownouts and blackouts.
- The tsunami and the earthquake wiped out the roads, they wiped out the power grid, and they went into a state that's called blackout.
- We might have energy blackouts and yet say much of the mainstream media is just dominated by what is basically panto.
- Our lights went out tonight and I just love blackouts.
Examples
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As of mid-July, these blackouts had not materialized, largely because customers cut back usage (Cavanagh, 2001).
Academic text (2001) -
The authorities are warning of possible blackouts, so take extra care.
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You remember that little blackout we had a few years back?
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Was there a blackout last night?
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Had another blackout last night.
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How do expect to get about London in the blackout without any money?
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Having that kind of power available during a blackout could keep food cold or a basement dry.
Academic text (2004) -
And in June of 2000, Detroit suffered a two-day blackout when the city-owned power system failed.
Academic text (2002) -
A nine-hour blackout ensued, suspending power to 6 million people in Canada and the United States.
Academic text (2006) -
The city experienced a prolonged blackout after the storm knocked out power lines.
Synonyms
96
4.0
A time when a service like electricity or a website is not available
53
3.0
A time when the electricity goes off
15
3.4
A sudden loss of electricity in an area
4
6.8
A sudden loss of electricity that makes a place dark
A planned temporary cut of electricity to some areas to reduce demand
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackout is made from black ('dark') and out ('off'), and people began to use it for times when the electricity went off and everything went dark. That is why a blackout now often means a power cut in an area.