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power-cycled

power-cycled is the simple past and past participle of power-cycle.

Meaning of power-cycle

Verb

power-cycle (third-person singular simple present power-cycles, present participle power-cycling, simple past and past participle power-cycled)

  1. To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset or reinitialize, or as a step in troubleshooting the device.
    • If the computer's frozen, try power-cycling it.

Questions about power-cycled

What is power-cycled the simple past and past participle of?
Power-cycled is the simple past and past participle of power-cycle.

Words near power-cycled in the dictionary

  1. power-creeped
  2. power-creeping
  3. power-creeps
  4. power-crept
  5. power-cycle
  6. power-cycled
  7. power-cycles
  8. power-cycling
  9. power-down
  10. power-dressed
  11. power-egg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: power-cycled (page history and authors); power-cycle (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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