power cut
noun/ˈpaʊə kʌt/
/ˈpaʊər kʌt/
(British English) (North American English power outage)
- a situation in which the supply of electricity is interrupted; a period of time when this happens
- They get a lot of power cuts because they have overhead wires.
- The capital and towns to the north were plunged into darkness by power cuts.
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