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outage
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
outage
(noun)
outage
/
ˈ
aʊtɪʤ/
noun
plural
outages
outage
/
ˈ
aʊtɪʤ/
noun
plural
outages
Britannica Dictionary definition of OUTAGE
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US
:
a period of time when there is no electricity in a building or area
The power
outage
left us in the dark for five hours. [=we did not have electrical power for five hours]
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power cut
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