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
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Are blackout plates sold by third-party vendors legal?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 9 Aug. 2025
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The number benefited from the race not being blacked out in Indianapolis.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 27 May 2025
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Noun
Musk has agreed to supply Tesla Megapack batteries that will help fortify the grid during periods of peak demand to safeguard from blackouts.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Are blackout plates sold by third-party vendors legal?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
Also at the scene were a pair of swimming goggles blacked out with duct tape that had blonde hair attached.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The number benefited from the race not being blacked out in Indianapolis.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
Verb
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The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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Its nuclear infrastructure is wrecked but by no means wholly eradicated.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Aug. 2025
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Smoke from wildfires will travel thousands of miles to darken our skies and choke our lungs.—
Madhukar Pai,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The rocket shot through a break amid darkening clouds just ahead of a lightning storm on its nine-minute trip into orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Rocky would immediately faint from fear and lie unconscious on the floor, similar to a macabre scenario that played out in 2013.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Aug. 2025
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Randomly passing out Fainting or almost fainting without a clear cause can be a red flag for abnormal heart rhythms, internal bleeding, or neurological issues.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But don’t be fooled by the red planet’s Venusian trance.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The concept explores how dreamers fall into cycles of sleepless obsession, chasing the figure across dreams in an endless trance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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On Wednesday, following the reverse split, shares surged and more than erased their prior day losses.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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However, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead in the bottom of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 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
Verb
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Even after slavery was abolished, some families who sought to find their kin never did.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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New York state, where Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges, including multiple counts of murder, abolished capital punishment in 2004.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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There were 25 diesel buses that were destroyed per the grant regulations, Young said.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
7 Aug. 2025
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But when our home was destroyed, our studio lost, and the war displaced us to Khanyounis’s tent camps, cooking became less about flavor and more about survival.—
Hamada Shaqoura,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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