The prevailing theory at least, is that dormant electrical lines that stretch up and over Eaton Canyon … were electrified in the windstorm ahead of the fire breaking out in Altadena.

ELECTRIFIED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of electrify 2. to make a machine or system operate using…. Learn more.

[usually passive] to make something work by using electricity; to pass an electrical current through something be electrified The railway line was electrified in the 1950s. He had all the fences around …

electrified, electrifying to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to. to supply (a region, community, etc.) with electric power. The valley wasn't electrified until 1936. to equip for the use of …

An electrified fence or other barrier has been connected to a supply of electricity, so that a person or animal that touches it will get an electric shock. The house was set amid dense trees and surrounded …

[+ object] 1 a : to pass electricity through (something) an electrified fence [=a fence that has electricity running through it] b : to supply (an area, building, etc.) with electric power

ELECTRIFIED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of electrify 2. to make a machine or system operate using…. Learn more.