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there was a power breakdown

The electricity failed.

The current has stopped

There's been a power cut.

power failure

There was an outage due to thunder.

The power failed [gave out].

The power is out.

interruption of electric service

The car has stopped owing to stoppage of current.

My house had a blackout.

Oh, the lights went out.

The water supply has failed.

The power has been cut off since this morning.

Why was there a blackout there?

Why was there a blackout over there?

Our house had a blackout last night.

I think that the cause of this is a power outage.

What will happen if there's power failure now?

The electricity was cut off without warning.

a power failure temporarily darkened the town

Owing to stoppage of current, the cars were left standing in a row.

There was a power outage with the sudden thunder shower.

The whole town was blown out.

A power failure contributed to the confusion in the hall.

the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster

We had a two‐hour blackout [power cut] last night.

The blackout took place in the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2003.

linesman dealing with the blackout

When we woke up the next morning, we were still without electricity.