BLACK OUT

Pronunciation (US):

• BLACK OUT (verb)
  The verb BLACK OUT has 4 senses:

1. obliterate or extinguish
2. darken completely
3. suppress by censorship as for political reasons
4. lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

  Familiarity information: BLACK OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

• BLACK OUT (verb)

Meaning:

Obliterate or extinguish

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Context example:

Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Darken completely

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blacken out; black out

Context example:

The dining room blackened out

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

darken (become dark or darker)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Suppress by censorship as for political reasons

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

parts of the newspaper article were blacked out

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

zonk out; pass out; black out

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "black out"):

conk; faint; pass out; swoon (pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s