- imposed a blackout
- refused to reveal, forbade the discussion of
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
imposed a blackout
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blackout was imposed — censorship was enforced; power was cut off … English contemporary dictionary
Rolling blackout — A rolling blackout, also referred to as load shedding, is an intentionally engineered electrical power outage. These blackouts are normally in response to insufficient resources and inability to meet prevailing demand for electricity. For… … Wikipedia
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