power failures
Electricity stops flowing
Power failures are losses of electrical supply to a building, area, or system.
The term covers everything from brief interruptions to extended blackouts affecting entire regions.
A power failure may result from equipment malfunction, severe weather, or grid overload: The power failure lasted three hours.
Also called power outages.
- outageLoss of electrical service
- blackoutComplete power loss
- brownoutsTemporary drops in electricity
- lights outMandatory sleep time
- darknessTotal absence of light
pitch black · load shedding · flicker · candles · tripped breaker · food spoilage · frozen food · silence · interruption · lantern · shadows · backup generators · cut-off · electrical fault · human error · UPS · surge protector · generator
power failureselectricity
Energy from charged particles
power supply · power on · full power · juice
power, failure, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerless, powerfully, powerlessness