black out
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)
- darken completely“The dining room blackened out”Synonyms: blacken outMore general darken
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons“parts of the newspaper article were blacked out”More general edit, redact
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for exampleSynonyms: zonk outpass outMore general change state, turnMore specific faint, conk
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
black out intransitive verb
to experience a temporary loss of consciousness, memory, or vision.
black out transitive verb
1. to cause to become black, such as a stage, a computer screen, or a city.
2. to impose a blackout on (news or a sports event).
3. to make (a written text) illegible by applying a black ink over it; to blot out.
4. to suppress (a memory).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors