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�标题 The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization

正文 A global IT failure wreaked havoc on Friday, grounding flights and disrupting everything from hospitals to government agencies. Over all the chaos hung a question: how did a flawed update to Microsoft Windows software bring large swaths of society to a screeching halt?

�知识点 wreak v. /riːk/ 
( formal ) to do great damage or harm to sb/sth造成（巨⼤的破坏或伤害）
• Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.他们的政策将对经济造成巨⼤的破坏。
• He swore to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.他发誓要对背叛他的⼈进⾏报复。

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