1
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood
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2
as in darkened
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 fainted
to lose consciousness
blacked out after hitting her head on the beam
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Recent Examples of blacked out
The Kingpin is one of its offerings this year, an intimidating V-8 monster that makes over 800 horsepower and is blacked out.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
Disney’s networks have been blacked out on YouTube TV since last week.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The only events blacked out on League Pass are prime-time national spots and in-market RSN broadcasts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The upcoming 2025 version of the Air Jordan 5 Retro Tokyo will feature a yellow tip on its rubber outsole, a segment which was fully blacked out on the original iteration.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The car windows are blacked out.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Prior to the dustups with NBCU and TelevisaUnivision, YouTube TV had nearly blacked out Paramount and Fox networks, reaching deals with both media companies after tensions spilled into public view.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Even with nearly a quarter of the country blacked out due to affiliate preemptions — protests and temper tantrums by station groups and owners, basically — Jimmy Kimmel Live!
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The surge in online viewership is partly because Kimmel’s show has been blacked out by Nexstar and Sinclair.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
Disney’s networks have been blacked out on YouTube TV since last week.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The only events blacked out on League Pass are prime-time national spots and in-market RSN broadcasts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The upcoming 2025 version of the Air Jordan 5 Retro Tokyo will feature a yellow tip on its rubber outsole, a segment which was fully blacked out on the original iteration.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The car windows are blacked out.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Prior to the dustups with NBCU and TelevisaUnivision, YouTube TV had nearly blacked out Paramount and Fox networks, reaching deals with both media companies after tensions spilled into public view.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Even with nearly a quarter of the country blacked out due to affiliate preemptions — protests and temper tantrums by station groups and owners, basically — Jimmy Kimmel Live!
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The surge in online viewership is partly because Kimmel’s show has been blacked out by Nexstar and Sinclair.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacked out
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The country has also eradicated once-rampant tropical diseases like malaria.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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The New World screwworm was successfully eradicated from the United States in 1966.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Place wings, skin side down, on unlit side of grill; cover and grill, undisturbed, until darkened in color and cooked through, about 20 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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At one point, a woman fainted and was lifted out of the church.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Press Trust of India news agency reported that at least 30 people fainted while Vijay was speaking, per Reuters.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The drop in SoftBank shares has erased nearly $50 billion in market cap over two days.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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For a long time, scientists thought this giant collision erased all signs of what Earth was originally made of.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2025
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But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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By Bay City News All lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were reopened in Fairfield on Saturday morning after being closed in the eastbound direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Someone occasionally passed out and had to be carried to his room; others drank on the patio where there was camaraderie but no close friendships because their primary interactions were with their bottles.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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The prospect of losing FoodShare has been so intense for Stoughton resident Jenna Karls, she's passed out more than once in the last week.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But by the end of the 19th century—after slavery was abolished in 1888 and coffee production became further industrialized—Paraty slid into a period of extended decline.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Communism, in its traditional definition, describes a system in which private property is abolished and the means of production are collectively owned, with the goal of creating a classless society.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Blacked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacked%20out. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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