blacked out

past tense of black out
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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 In many places, a single team is blacked out on League Pass, but things can get more complicated, particularly in states without teams. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026 What those concerns were remains a mystery, since the museum blacked out that part of the report before releasing it under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Several sections of the death certificate, which contains identities of parents as well as addresses and cause of death, were blacked out. — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 Adding to the intrigue, Hayes blacked out his profile picture on X. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 This, Rostov’s main thoroughfare, wasn’t illuminated by the familiar bright glare of its many street lamps, or by light from its windows, now blacked out, but emerged from the darkness all the more gently in a milky cloak of moonlight. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026 Regulators blacked out the exact contract terms in public filings. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 Many items logged as physical evidence at the scene — outside of vehicle debris, a brown sweater, backpack, U-lock, keys and scuff marks — were blacked out in the report. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The department blacked out the names and contact information of the students. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacked out
Verb
  • His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The islands lost 9% to 20% of the total Key Deer population, but the New World screwworm was declared eradicated there on March 23, 2017, less than a year after it was discovered.
    — Eric Michel, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Cook, stirring often, until butter browns and nuts have slightly darkened, 6–8 minutes.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • With all the scoring, the skies darkened to the point where the teams couldn’t continue.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
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  • If breathing hadn’t been so hard, someone would have fainted from the stench of the farmers’ perspiration.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel returned to practice on Tuesday, a week after the 19-year-old fainted on the team's flight back from Utah.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Burns joined the twenty-seventh annual New Yorker Festival to discuss his work with Michael Luo, an executive editor at the magazine, and the importance of chronicling history at a time when more and more is being written over and erased.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Playing its first game since firing coach Mike Norvell after six-plus seasons, Florida State erased a 17-7 second-quarter deficit by putting up two TDs in the final six minutes of the half.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The fast-casual restaurant closed in 2018, with nothing to replace it until now.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The center closed in May after Charlotte City Council and the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization withdrew support for the I-77 South project.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2026
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  • Leeper authored the bill with McCrory’s support and the bill was passed out of committee on party lines.
    — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For The Times) These cards were being passed out throughout the Austin community at the time.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The state’s electorate reaffirmed its support a decade ago, voting down a ballot initiative that would have abolished capital punishment.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Both Weir and Khan have expressed their wishes for the reinstatement of tax-free shopping (abolished in 2021) for overseas visitors — a proposal that was met with cheers at the BFC’s fashion week breakfast this year.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Pardo tried to get out of the vehicle while holding her daughter but collapsed, unaware that she had been shot in the knee.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • This led to a 2020 all-stock merger with Eros International, an Indian conglomerate, which collapsed in less than two years under financial and regulatory strain.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

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“Blacked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacked%20out. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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