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
John Mihaly,
PC Magazine,
18 June 2026
But after regaining power, the ship found itself in trouble again, prosecutors say, because the fuel pump used on the two generators was not designed to automatically restart after the first blackout.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
3 June 2026
When Cedar Point unveiled Magnum XL-200, then the tallest, fastest, steepest coaster on the planet, Six Flags countered with Goliath, a 235-foot steel monster known for occasionally making its riders black out from G-force.
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HubSpot,
1 June 2026
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Noun
Portable Power Station Deal Summer's here and that means backyard BBQs, camping trips, and the occasional blackout.
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John Mihaly,
PC Magazine,
18 June 2026
But after regaining power, the ship found itself in trouble again, prosecutors say, because the fuel pump used on the two generators was not designed to automatically restart after the first blackout.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Verb
But sometimes even blacking out after long night shoots?
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
3 June 2026
When Cedar Point unveiled Magnum XL-200, then the tallest, fastest, steepest coaster on the planet, Six Flags countered with Goliath, a 235-foot steel monster known for occasionally making its riders black out from G-force.
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HubSpot,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
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Hospital staff lined up to sing and dance, celebrating their good fortune, as the pair looked on in a daze.
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Summer Satur-daze Summer Music Series.
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Incomplete or inappropriate antibiotic courses amplify this effect by exposing bacteria to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations without eradicating them.
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Building new sterile fly production facilities in the Southwest helped eradicate the flies in that region too, and by 1966, the US was declared officially screwworm-free.
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Today, the skies seem to be darkening once again.
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One brush fire from the summer storm then split into two, and the raging flames sent plumes of black smoke upward, darkening the skies for miles and fouling the air.
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In July 2023, Kelly fainted while out for dinner with friends in Los Angeles and was taken to the hospital, where doctors found blood clots around her lungs and legs.
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Mollica, then 50, started fainting during heavy periods that lasted nearly two weeks.
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Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where UFC ring girl Chrissy Blair put America in a trance to celebrate the big 2-5-0.
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Scary Movie included joking references to both the creepy Aunt Gladys character, as well as the famous scene of all the kids running off in the middle of the night — except the kids in Scary Movie are running from accidental weed candies at Halloween instead of a trance.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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With minimal humidity, near-perfect clear-sky frequency and vast empty horizons, Namibia offers the kind of slow, immersive darkness that makes dusking feel less like a trend and more like a return to something ancient.
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The park is open from daylight to dusk for visitors and 24/7 for campers.
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The company also flags baseline cardiac disease, abnormal ECG, arrhythmia, prior cervical vagotomy, abnormal cervical anatomy, brain tumor or aneurysm history, head trauma, syncope, seizures and nickel allergy as unevaluated risks.
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Vasovagal syncope is defined by the British National Health Service as a common type of fainting caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate.
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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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