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
Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Underlying the blackouts are three systemic problems: years of inadequate investment, substandard fuel, and deferred maintenance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 May 2025
But damaging the regime’s oil revenues, blacking out Tehran’s electricity grid, and causing civilian disorder definitely weakens the government’s grip on power.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Noun
Heat wave: Will the Ohio heat cause power outages, rolling blackouts?
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Underlying the blackouts are three systemic problems: years of inadequate investment, substandard fuel, and deferred maintenance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2025
Verb
Canada saw a sequential decline due to a carriage dispute that blacked out Starz.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 May 2025
But damaging the regime’s oil revenues, blacking out Tehran’s electricity grid, and causing civilian disorder definitely weakens the government’s grip on power.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
Verb
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Davis has partnered with multiple programs to eradicate childhood hunger in the U.S. and recently launched the Davis-Tennon Foundation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Vaccines eradicated smallpox and dramatically reduced infant deaths from measles, tuberculosis, whooping cough, and tetanus.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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The glasses feature a 12MP stabilized camera, five mics, dual speakers, and electrochromic lenses that darken on demand.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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But just as Covid restrictions were lifted, and people began again to mingle again in public, the general social atmosphere seemed to darken.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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According to a report from the Associated Press, government officials in the city of Puri — located in the state of Odisha in eastern India — said that several people attending a Rath Yatra festival on Sunday, June 29, began to faint and feel claustrophobic, causing panic in the crowd.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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The show then cut over to a Good Morning America clip that sees Haines pretend to faint when the superhero swings into frame.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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Saturday is helmed by trance jammers Papadosio, the soul-smoldering Monophonics, the aforementioned My Son the Hurricane, Magoo, Sundays at Midnight and lepecial holding the after party (July 24-26. crystalbaycasino.com/gamblers-run-music-festival).—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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References to New York City venues and streets grace songs whose synths tilt toward trance music while lyrics speak to clawing toward a hard-won joie de vivre.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Federal climate science is being systematically erased.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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The Human Constant Technological revolutions do not erase the need for human judgment.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
30 June 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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About 40% of adults will experience vasovagal syncope in their lifetime.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
8 June 2025
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While Minnesota abolished the death penalty over a century ago, the federal murder charges carry a maximum penalty of capital punishment.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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Minnesota abolished its state death penalty in 1911.—
Steve Karnowski,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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In September 2024, the same month as the pager attack and assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Israel launched the most extensive campaign of airstrikes in the air force’s history hitherto, destroying much of Hezbollah’s strategic surface-to-surface missile stockpiles.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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As rumors swirl and her life collapses, Eva faces a choice: protect herself or expose Amir’s secret and risk destroying him.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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