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power down

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to shut down (a computer system) in a methodical way, concluding by switching the power off

"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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"Kempy's got so much power down the ground and Gibbo can hit square," Dunkley said.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Should data centers be required to power down when electricity grids are running close to capacity?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

In the Republic of Ireland, where a red warning was also in place, about 540,000 properties are still without power, down from a peak of 768,000 earlier on Friday.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2025

Generations of workers have used caffeine to rev up their brain cells when they really want to power down in the face of yet another round of spreadsheets, meetings and now Zoom calls.

From Salon Jan. 27, 2024

As scientists, Mom and Dad have a scientific solution: power down my phone at night.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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