This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria: The outage must not be planned by the service provider. The outage must affect at least 1,000 people and last at least one hour. There must be at least 1,000,000 person-hours of disruption.
Definition of decimate for English Language Learners. : 1  to destroy a large number of (plants, animals, people, etc.) : 2  to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)
the verb to decimate comes from the root of the Latin word for ten. Obvious enough, but the use gets more interesting.