power line

NOUN

cable carrying electricity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cable cord power cable

WEAK

electricity cable high-voltage line lead

Example Sentences

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The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

So many are counting on the financial outcome of lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison, the company that owns the faulty power line suspected of having triggered the fire that destroyed Altadena.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

Years of consultations on National Grid’s plan to upgrade a 112-mile power line in the east of England generated more than 20,000 responses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The film is a real-life depiction of the devastation caused after a power line fell, releasing sparks onto the tinder-dry Sierra foothills.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

I agree we should, and within a few miles we break out of the tangled undergrowth into a meadow under the power line.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George