black out

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verb

1. obliterate or extinguish (Freq. 1)
- Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived
• Hypernyms:
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. darken completely (Freq. 1)
- The dining room blackened out
• Syn:
blacken out
• Derivationally related forms:
blackout
• Hypernyms:
darken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. suppress by censorship as for political reasons (Freq. 1)
- parts of the newspaper article were blacked out
• Derivationally related forms:
blackout
• Hypernyms:
edit, redact
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
zonk out, pass out
• Derivationally related forms:
blackout
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
faint, conk, swoon, pass out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s