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- noun Plural form of
powercut .
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Examples
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According to John Constable and Hugh Sharman, Decades of denial and underinvestment have left Britain in huge energy debt and at risk of powercuts and 20% bill hikes.
Archive 2009-05-01 Alison 2009
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According to John Constable and Hugh Sharman, Decades of denial and underinvestment have left Britain in huge energy debt and at risk of powercuts and 20% bill hikes.
Britain's future: cold and dark Edstock 2009
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Our are all on overhead pylons and we get quite a few powercuts.
I was starting to feel powerless AYDIN 2008
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Saturday as temperatures plummeted to record lows, there were those who did not have any electricity because of powercuts from electricity giant Eskom.
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Employees at the electricity company said the powercuts "would go on for a long time" and said that because of their poor wages they would not repair the broken generator, at Cambambe, 180 kilometres
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Cooking gas has also become rare, in the wake of a warning of nationwide powercuts which caused a rush of panic buying of gas bottles.
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Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qader said the powercuts were endangering the lives of hospital patients.
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Cyclonic winds uprooted trees, blocking roads and triggering powercuts as electricity lines were disrupted.
The Times of India 2010
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Belfast's Waterfront Hall was evacuated last night as powercuts forced both the cancellation of the city's 'Youth Oscars', and also a performance of one of Ulster's best known plays, Over the Bridge.
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Several areas witnessed average powercuts of 11 hours, which also led to acute drinking water scarcity.
Analysis 2010
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