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
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Key Takeaways Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Second shift is a real mess after a blackout strikes the area, forcing Robert (by way of the player) to hack into the city’s electric grid and turn the lights back on one section at a time.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Key Takeaways Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
The only events blacked out on League Pass are prime-time national spots and in-market RSN broadcasts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
Noun
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My stay in the Brazilian town began in a giddy daze.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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And of course, in the midst of my daze, my phone began buzzing incessantly.—
Karine Jean-Pierre,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to Jaworowski, the technology just doesn’t exist yet to eradicate the need for power generation that can supply energy 24 hours a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, an unexpected power shift darkens the brotherhood bond between Phil (Adrian Holmes) and Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola), whose loyalties to the Banks family are tested.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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The dishwasher often darkens and discolors aluminum cookware.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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In our chat, Spelling points out that stress and lack of self care was probably contributing to these fainting incidents too.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
30 Oct. 2025
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The process can be excruciating for some, causing dizziness and even fainting.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Somewhere around the seventh inning, the gaggle of small children in the house conspired, without adult aid or input, to turn off the lights in a bedroom, plug in a strobe light, cue up a trance song on the speaker, and begin to mosh.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Chamomile softens the flame, vanilla sweetens the smoke, and the result is all loving, never strange… a total trance.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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The drop in SoftBank shares has erased nearly $50 billion in market cap over two days.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Its hours are from dawn to dusk every day of the year.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, if the blood pressure is too low, fainting (syncope) may occur.4 Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness caused by a decrease in oxygen and nutrients reaching the brain.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
2 Aug. 2025
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Redford, the host and producer of his weekly podcast, Vet Life, added heart disease and heart arrhythmias—where the heart beats too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm—can also cause syncope.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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