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high-voltage

[ hahy-vohl-tij ]

adjective

  1. operating on or powered by high voltage:

    a high-voltage generator.

  2. Informal. dynamic; powerful:

    a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of high-voltage1

First recorded in 1965–70
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I like trying whatever the “fire, extreme danger, high-voltage” wing is, especially if I’m at a new place.

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Depending on the severity of the crash, an electric vehicle’s high-voltage, lithium ion battery could be at risk of being damaged, catching fire or delivering an electric shock to anyone who touches it.

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Witnesses reported seeing a snapped line on a high-voltage transmission tower in Little Tujunga Canyon around the time the fire started, and investigators focused their attention there.

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On Lake Hughes Road, wooden piles supporting power lines had burned and snapped, spreading high-voltage wires like snakes across the pavement.

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It followed a strike near the site's perimeter, close to essential water sprinkler ponds and about 100m from the only remaining high-voltage line.

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