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black_out
has definitions from the fields of politics,writing
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[ verb ] (politics,writing) suppress by censorship as for political reasons
Examples "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)THE DENVER-AREA TV_audience was privileged to see Mays ' four home_runs , thanks to a new arrangement made by Bob_Howsam that the games are not to be blacked_out when his Bears are playing at_home . |
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[ verb ] darken completely
Synonyms Examples "The dining room blackened out" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Starting with the room completely blacked_out , as it was when we came_in , he unerringly fixed things so that the whole place was bathed in the maximum of light without at any point admitting even so much as a crack of glare . |
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[ verb ] obliterate or extinguish, of lights
Examples "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived." Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)After the first two were blacked_out , the third light was abandoned by a terrified Italian crew , who left their light to shine for nine minutes like an unerring homing beacon until British MP 's shot it out . Related terms |
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[ verb ] lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Synonyms Used in print (Jean Mercier, Whatever You Do, Don't Panic....)Soon we were deep in a conversation that was interrupted many_times by little things like Jennie 's holding her breath and pretending to black_out , Miranda 's dumping the contents of the sugar_bowl on the table , and various screeches , thuds , and giggles . Related terms |
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