Black out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink. transitive

    "Seigel was able to send two post cards home in 44 months via the Red Cross. The first one was completely blacked out by the Japanese censor's pen. The second one he sent, Seigel wrote that he weighed his "usual weight of 130". Seigel's usual weight was 230 so the family could see that he had been severely starved while in captivity. Seigel had at least triumphed over the Japanese censor and his black pen."

  2. 2
    lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example wordnet
  3. 3
    To censor or cover up. figuratively, transitive

    "I have blacked out your television, every station in the world is mine."

  4. 4
    suppress by censorship as for political reasons wordnet
  5. 5
    To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. intransitive

    "I am blacking out—ease the stick forward slightly—the sky is clear again—I turn out over water—reverse turn—there are antiaircraft on the island below—I reverse again—and again."

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  1. 6
    darken completely wordnet
  2. 7
    To cause (someone) to lose consciousness. transitive
  3. 8
    To obscure in darkness. transitive

    "Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line; and his first thought was that be had come upon a village, for there were many lights."

  4. 9
    To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship. intransitive

    "The countryside blacked out to avoid helping enemy aircraft."

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