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black out

The pilot began to black out from the extreme G-forces.

Definition
  1. Verb (intransitive):
    • To lose consciousness suddenly and temporarily. This typically occurs due to a sudden physical or emotional shock, illness, or lack of oxygen.
  2. Verb (transitive):
    • To suppress information by obscuring it, often by covering text with a dark mark, especially for reasons of censorship or privacy.
    • To cause an area to become completely dark, as by turning off or blocking all lights.
    • To obliterate or extinguish something completely.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (intransitive - lose consciousness):

    • The boxer blacked out for a few seconds after the powerful punch.
    • She felt dizzy and nearly blacked out from the pain.

  • Verb (transitive - censor by obscuring):

    • The government blacked out several paragraphs in the leaked document before its release.
    • Please black out my personal address on that form.

  • Verb (transitive - darken completely):

    • During the air raid drill, the city blacked out all streetlights.
    • The storm was so severe it blacked out the entire neighborhood.

  • Verb (transitive - obliterate or extinguish):

    • The massive power surge blacked out the computer's memory. (figurative)
    • The intense light from the explosion blacked out my vision momentarily.
Advanced Usage
  • "to have a blackout": This noun form, derived from the verb, refers to the period or instance of losing consciousness, a loss of memory, or a period of darkness.
    • He had a total blackout and doesn't remember the accident.
  • Used in broadcasting: To cease transmission intentionally.
    • The station will black out the game in the local market.
Variants and Related Words
  • Blackout (noun): The event or result of blacking out.
    • A memory blackout; a citywide blackout.
  • Blackened (adjective): Made dark or black. (Note: This is related to the 'darken' sense but is a distinct adjective form of a different verb, 'blacken').
Synonyms
  • Faint, pass out (for losing consciousness).
  • Censor, redact, obscure (for suppressing text).
  • Darken, shroud, eclipse (for making dark).
  • Erase, wipe out, obliterate (for extinguishing).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Pass out: A close synonym for losing consciousness.
    • He passed out from exhaustion.
  • Zone out: To become inattentive or lose focus, but not necessarily lose consciousness.
    • I just zoned out during the long lecture.
Related Idioms
  • Draw a blank: To be unable to remember something. This is related to the memory aspect of a blackout.
    • I drew a blank when trying to recall his name.
  • In the dark: Uninformed or kept in ignorance. This is conceptually related to the censorship or darkness meanings.
    • The management kept us in the dark about the layoffs.
black out

The pilot began to black out from the extreme G-forces.

Verb
  1. lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
  2. suppress by censorship as for political reasons
    • parts of the newspaper article were blacked out
  3. darken completely
    • The dining room blackened out
  4. obliterate or extinguish
    • Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived

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