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backfeed
 n.— «Backfeed is the term used to describe the sometimes lethal (to unsuspecting utility workers) voltage that appears on an apparently isolated circuit.» —“Brownouts strike city” by Christopher Diakopoulos Saratogian (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) Mar. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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