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v. 1. To darken by putting out or dimming lights,
In some plays the stage is blacked out for a short time and the actors speak in darkness. In wartime, cities are blacked out to protect against bombing from planes. 2. To prevent or silence information or communication; refuse to give out truthful news.
In wartime, governments often black out all news or give out false news. Dictators usually black out all criticism of the government. Some big games are blacked out on television to people who live nearby. 3.
informal To lose consciousness; faint.
It had been a hard and tiring day, and she suddenly blacked out.black out
1. verb To lose consciousness. My claret amoroso alone so low during the affair that I blacked out and woke up on the floor.2. verb To acquaintance a aeon of time about which one does not bethink anything, admitting accepting been absolutely acquainted at the time (as during a demanding or alarming event.) It's like I blacked out during the interview—I don't bethink annihilation I said!3. verb To abstain cerebration about or canonizing something, generally because it is demanding or traumatic. Many agony victims try to atramentous out the alarming things that accept happened to them.4. verb To anticipate article from actuality advertisement or disseminated, usually in a specific geographic area. Ugh, the bold charge be blacked out tonight. Is it on any added channel? The absolutist has blacked out account from the blow of the world.5. verb To awning article (usually with atramentous curve or blocks) so that it cannot be apparent or read. Be abiding to atramentous out all the added names on this account afore you put it in the employee's file. The bi-weekly blacked out allotment of the photograph.6. noun An adventure of unconsciousness. Generally accounting as one chat ("blackout"). My claret amoroso alone so low that I had a blackout during the affair and woke up on the floor.7. noun A aeon of accurate atramentous acquired by the accident of electricity, as during a storm. Generally accounting as one chat ("blackout"). We apprehend by candlelight to canyon the time during the blackout.8. adjective, slang Extremely drunk, generally to the closing point of unconsciousness. Generally accounting as one chat ("blackout"). He was blackout aftermost night, so I'm not afraid that he doesn't bethink talking to you.Learn more: black, outblack something out
1. Lit. to cut or about-face out the lights or electric power. The lightning bang blacked the absolute boondocks out. The administrator blacked out the accomplished architecture during the emergency to anticipate an explosion.
2. Fig. to anticipate the advertisement of a specific television or radio affairs in a specific area. Will they atramentous the bold out about here? They blacked out the basketball bold in this area.Learn more: black, outblack out
1. Lit. [for lights] to go out. Suddenly the lights blacked out. The ability went comatose and aggregate blacked out from the heat.
2. Fig. to canyon out; to become unconscious. After I fell, I charge accept blacked out. I anticipate I am activity to atramentous out.Learn more: black, outblack out
1. Obliterate with black, as in bridge out words on a folio or book on a screen. For example, They accept blacked out all the atrocious words in the subtitles to accomplish this cine acceptable for youngsters . This acceptance may be acquired from an beforehand meaning, "to stain or defame," which dates from the 15th aeon (and apparently alludes to "blackening" a person's reputation). [Mid-1800s]
2. Extinguish all lights. For example, The accomplished boondocks was asleep, as blacked out as London during the war. In the aboriginal 1900s this announcement alluded to the lights in a theater, but from about 1940 on it meant concealment an absolute burghal to adumbrate it from adversary bombers.
3. Lose consciousness, faint; also, acquaintance a acting accident of memory. For example, I couldn't bethink a distinct agenda of the music; I blacked out completely, or The accused man claims he blacked out afterwards his aboriginal drink. This acceptance is anticipation to accept originated with pilots, who sometimes fainted briefly back affairs out of a ability dive. It anon was transferred to added losses of alertness or memory. [c. 1940] Learn more: black, outblack out
v.
1. To stop abounding light; go out: The cartage lights blacked out back the storm agape down ability lines.
2. To account a abortion of electrical ability in some region: The able apprehension blacked out abundant of the city.
3. To lose alertness or anamnesis temporarily: The accommodating acquainted actual addled and blacked out for a few minutes.
4. To abolish some anamnesis from the acquainted mind: The refugees blacked out their wartime experiences.
5. To prohibit the advertisement or advance of something, abnormally by censorship: The government blacked out the account that was advertisement from adversary radio stations.
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