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
Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
They were met by a violent crackdown by Iran’s theocracy, the scale of which is only starting to become clear as the country has faced a more than two-week internet blackout — the most comprehensive in the nation’s history.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Threats May Have Been Politically Motivated The arrest affidavit sent to Outside was heavily redacted, with the screenshots of Zabik’s Facebook messages blacked out.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Georgia’s close call Georgia and its largest electric utility, Georgia Power, have avoided blackouts or major failures, but not without some close calls.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
They were met by a violent crackdown by Iran’s theocracy, the scale of which is only starting to become clear as the country has faced a more than two-week internet blackout — the most comprehensive in the nation’s history.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
As was the case with many previous releases of documents related to Epstein, much material was blacked out.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Threats May Have Been Politically Motivated The arrest affidavit sent to Outside was heavily redacted, with the screenshots of Zabik’s Facebook messages blacked out.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
Noun
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Now the state, if not region, is in a daze.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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The morning after Maduro was captured, as the sun rose over the mountains at the edge of the city, people had stepped out of their homes in a daze.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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California wildlife officials have approved a plan to eradicate Catalina’s entire deer population as part of a broader effort to restore the island ecosystem, sparking fierce opposition from an unusual coalition of hunters and animal welfare advocates.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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To date, the only other human disease ever eradicated was the virus that caused smallpox.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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My fear is that the murder of a poet on the streets of Minneapolis will encourage you to darken.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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While only a handful of the Pleiades' brightest stars are visible from city centres, more of the cluster's 1,000-strong population become visible as skies darken.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The highlight was by far the return of Lola Young, who performed for the first time since stepping away from the stage after fainting at a music festival.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Steele, who already creates content for brands, happened to be filming the experience and captured her fainting on camera.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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The floating objects, trance communications, phantom touches, miraculous healings, and poltergeist writings that followed in the five decades after Mona’s death were attributed to her and a pantheon of other notable spirits, including Black Elk.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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In other words, the age-old trance of acceptance has broken, and there are suddenly too many entrepreneurs capturing disaffected audiences by accusing legacy institutions of corruption and cowardice.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Therefore, telling the story in graphic form on behalf of Ukrainians themselves, explaining the preconditions for Russia’s attempts to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as an ethnic group, became extremely relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Clippers erased a second double-digit deficit behind a 14-3 run to open the second quarter and took a 33-31 lead on Leonard’s pull-up jumper.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
28 Jan. 2026
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The park is open from daylight to dusk for visitors and 24/7 for campers.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
15 Jan. 2026
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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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