"power cut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power cuts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power cut (plural power cuts)
  1. An interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity). Synonyms: outage, blackout, power trip [Malaysia] Translations (interruption in the supply of power): apagada [feminine] (Catalan), strømafbrydelse [common-gender] (Danish), compute de courant [feminine] (French), Stromausfall [masculine] (German), Stromunterbrechung [feminine] (German), strømbrudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), call cumhachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), corte de electricidad [masculine] (Spanish), apagón [masculine] (Spanish), strömavbrott [neuter] (Swedish), cắt điện (Vietnamese)
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