lose consciousness

idiom

: to become unconscious
She lost consciousness briefly.

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Jackson then mounts Smith in the video and punches him in the face almost two dozen times before other wrestlers pull him off. Smith, who seemed to lose consciousness and was not able to try to protect himself from the punches, lay motionless in the ring, blood streaming from his face. Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025 According to Alexander, Schaefer didn’t lose consciousness during the incident in May. Courtney King, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025 Passengers feared the plane would crash as oxygen masks were released amid fears the change in pressure levels could cause some people to lose consciousness, according to AP. Latoya Gayle, People.com, 1 July 2025 Why South Carolina man chose death penalty by firing squad 02:33 A medical expert for the state said at the 2022 trial that if the heart is heavily damaged an inmate would lose consciousness almost immediately and likely not feel pain. CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lose consciousness

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“Lose consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20consciousness. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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