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power line

noun

Electricity.
  1. a line for conducting electric power.



power line

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: line.a set of conductors used to transmit and distribute electrical energy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of power line1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Edison has previously acknowledged that it could be responsible for the blaze and said this month that a dormant power line might have been the cause.

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The plane hit power lines about two miles before making impact with a house in the residential neighborhood in the Murphy Canyon area, a neighborhood that consists of military housing.

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The utility plans to spend about $1.4 billion of its annual capital on wildfire mitigation, Eisenhauer said, including moving power lines underground and line hardening, which can reduce damage during major weather events.

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Days after Israel imposed its blockade on aid in early March - which is only now being eased - it also cut off power lines to the main desalination plants - a vital source of water for Gazans.

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Missouri officials said 5,000 buildings were damaged, roofs destroyed and power lines knocked downed as a tornado stuck on Friday.

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