outage
/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/
noun
- A period when a service, such as electricity, water, or internet, is not available.
- We had an internet outage this morning, so I couldn't work from home.
- The storm caused a power outage that lasted for three hours.
- The water outage affected the entire neighborhood after the pipe burst.
- A temporary failure or interruption of a system or service.
- The phone network outage left many people unable to make calls.
- A brief outage in the banking system delayed some transactions.
- The website experienced a server outage during the big sale.