This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria: The outage must not be planned by the service provider. The outage must affect at least 1,000 people and last at least one hour. There must be at least 1,000,000 person-hours of disruption.
Definition of decimate for English Language Learners. : 1  to destroy a large number of (plants, animals, people, etc.) : 2  to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)
create verb [T]. âº to make something exist: create problems/âresponsibilitiescreate jobs/opportunities, etc. The new âdevelopment will create hundreds of âjobs in the âarea.create money/wealth We'll âhelp you create âwealth using tried-and-tested âinvestment âstrategies.he Cambridge English Dictionary is constantly being updated and expanded to reflect the interests of our users. One area of particular interest to our users is that of English Language Teaching (ELT), and a number of ELT terms have recently been added to the dictionary.