blackout

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noun

1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
black out
• Hypernyms:
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
2. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
brownout, dimout
• Derivationally related forms:
black out
• Topics:
aircraft
• Hypernyms:
dark, darkness
3. the failure of electric power for a general region
• Derivationally related forms:
black out
• Hypernyms:
power outage, power failure
4. a momentary loss of consciousness
• Derivationally related forms:
black out
• Hypernyms:
unconsciousness
5. partial or total loss of memory
- he has a total blackout for events of the evening
• Syn:
amnesia, memory loss
• Derivationally related forms:
amnestic (for: amnesia), amnesic (for: amnesia)
• Hypernyms:
cognitive state, state of mind
• Hyponyms:
anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia, retrograde amnesia, forgetfulness, selective amnesia, transient global amnesia