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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
for the pantograph or trolley pole, etc to become unintentionally detached from or entangled with the overhead lines such that the power to the vehicle is lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, usually
Qualifier: tram or trolleybus
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To remove wires from something; to dismantle a system of overhead lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From de- + wire.
