as in daze
a temporary state of unconsciousness
even though you experienced only a brief blackout, you still ought to be checked by a doctor
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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood
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as in to darken
to grow dark
with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital
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as in to faint
to lose consciousness
blacked out after hitting her head on the beam
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Recent Examples of blackout
Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
The blackout was front page news even before the child’s death was known.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024
Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
The Nuggets have another 22 games scheduled for national broadcasts (TNT, ABC or ESPN), and the Avs have 11 in which the national broadcast won’t be blacked out.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The sale excludes travel on Fridays and Sundays and does not include blackout dates from Nov. 23 to Dec. 4, and from Dec. 18 to Jan. 7, 2025.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
The blackout was front page news even before the child’s death was known.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
And their zipping, zooming flight sometimes generates G-forces high enough to make a fighter pilot black out.
—Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
The Nuggets have another 22 games scheduled for national broadcasts (TNT, ABC or ESPN), and the Avs have 11 in which the national broadcast won’t be blacked out.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
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California has spent millions eradicating invasive species like nutria, Atlantic cordgrass and the European green crab.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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By eradicating the metal wire, EBY instead opted for a nylon thread, taking over the duty of the wire.Essence, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
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In another unusual move, Jeffries kept certain store windows darkened to create a mystique and had eager, curious customers kept standing on line outside waiting to get in.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
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Photograph: Daisuke Takimoto In addition, when the doors are closed, the liquid crystal shutters on the windows on both sides will darken to create a dimmer, more private space.Daisuke Takimoto, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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But a day after nearly fainting over the financial details, as Joe has recollected, the lead producer in the deal, Harvey Weinstein, got his comeuppance.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
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My mother nearly fainted during a four-kilometre walk in the sun.Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
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And her superpower was kind of like emotional - trances and stuff like that.Jim Ryan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The track falls somewhere between hard techno and trance, elevating heart rates with its driving beat and sharp percussion.Katie Bain, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2024
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And what a loss that would be, erasing the splashes of yellow and orange every fall and silencing the quaking of the leaves.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
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Compared to its March peak of $123, the price has plunged over 85%, erasing over $55 billion in value.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, peripheral edema (swelling in feet, ankles, and other areas), fatigue, lightheadedness, and syncope (fainting), according to Vuppuluri.Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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The doctors determined the cause to be vasovagal syncope.Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
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Despite proposals to change or abolish the Electoral College (the University of Central Florida reports there have been over 1,000), there are many reasons why these attempts failed.Russell Falcon, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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Alaska, California, Louisiana and Washington have abolished party primaries for congressional elections and replaced them with open, all-candidate primaries.Russell Contreras, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Homes, roads and community spaces in the path of Helene have been destroyed.Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The protagonist Skif goes to Chernobyl on a mission to imbue the artifact left by the anomaly that destroyed his home with residual energy that radiates throughout the Zone.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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