de-energize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of de-energize
First recorded in 1885–90; de- + energize ( def. )
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The complaint points to the utility’s failure to de-energize its transmission lines that night, as well as its decision to leave up a decommissioned line that hadn’t carried electricity for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
“We believe that the Eaton fire was ignited because of SCE’s failure to de-energize its overhead wires, which traverse Eaton Canyon,” said attorney Richard Bridgford, who is representing a local homeowner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
Afterwards, the local Salt River Project power utility was called to de-energize the pole.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, said Xcel failed to de-energize its electrical equipment before the onset of strong winds.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
The passive and contemplative following of thought, my own or other people's, must not de-energize my sympathies and my will.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
Tens of thousands of customers in Los Angeles county alone were without power, as authorities de-energized power lines in a bid to lessen the possibility of electrical sparks that the heavy wind gusts could carry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
At staging areas, the batteries are de-energized, disassembled, recycled and disposed of safely, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
Additionally, the company said its distribution lines to the west of Eaton Canyon "were de-energized well before the reported start time of the fire" as part of its fire safety shutoff program.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
At that moment, Trump took a long-defeated sigh, and looked up at the ceiling blankly, looking confused and de-energized.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
So de-energized, the armature falls back and the cycle is repeated until the button contact is released.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
By de-energizing powerlines, utility providers seek to lesson the chances that a electrical spark could be whipped by winds into to a devastating blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We can look after the fact and see that the consequences of potentially not de-energizing the transmission lines are enormous,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The CEO of Southern California Edison told The Times earlier this month that winds were not strong enough to merit de-energizing a powerful electrical transmission line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2025
Powell said Edison was monitoring the weather closely Jan. 7 but said the winds did not meet the threshold the company uses for de-energizing transmission lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
You shall come with me and with your own eyes watch the de-energizing of New York and Paris and Berlin.
From The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette by David R. Sparks
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