blackoutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblæk.aʊt/us/ˈblæk.aʊt/blackout noun [ C ] (HIDING)
a time when all lights must be hidden by law, or when there is no light or power because of an electricity failure:
wartime blackouts
Power lines were blown down and we had a blackout of several hours.
the action taken to make certain that information about something is not reported to the public:
a news blackout
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Darkness & becoming dark
- black
- black sth out
- blackness
- dark
- darken
- deepen
- dingy
- draw
- draw in
- dull
- gloomy
- half-light
- inky
- moonless
- pitch-dark
- shade
- shady
- silhouette
- Stygian
- the gloaming
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Secrecy and privacy
blackout noun [ C ] (UNCONSCIOUSNESS)
a short period when someone suddenly becomes unconscious:
He can't drive because he suffers from blackouts.
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Losing consciousness
- black out
- collapse
- coma
- concuss
- concussed
- concussion
- conk out
- faint
- go out like a light idiom
- insensible
- knock
- knock sb out
- oblivion
- out
- pass
- see
- see stars idiom
- stupor
- swoon
- syncope
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