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denials of service

denials of service is the plural of denial of service.

Meaning of denial of service

Noun

denial of service (plural denials of service)

  1. (Internet) A denial-of-service attack.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see denial, of, service.
    • Black people have led protests against immigration restrictions, denial of service in restaurants, and employment discrimination right up to the present time (Walker 1980), in particular when even the authorities of the state could not be counted upon to help.1996, Akwatu Khenti, “A Historical Perspective on Racism”, in Carl E. James, editor, Perspectives on Racism and the Human Services Sector, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 70

Questions about denials of service

What is denials of service the plural of?
Denials of service is the plural of denial of service.

Words near denials of service in the dictionary

  1. denialisms
  2. denialist
  3. denialistic
  4. denialists
  5. denials
  6. denials of service
  7. deniance
  8. denib
  9. denibbed
  10. denibbing
  11. denibs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: denials of service (page history and authors); denial of service (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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