BLACKED OUT Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

blacked out

verb

past tense of black out

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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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 person’s name is blacked out in the report released online. —

John Seiler, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 Prosecutors argued that the crash was a botched murder-suicide attempt that had been carried out by Mackenzie because of her fractured relationship with Russo, while the defense said that Mackenzie suffered from POTS, a condition that can cause dizziness and fainting, and had blacked out. —

Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 This was installed seasons ago, the thinking being that the trophy would remain blacked out until Arsenal won the title. —

Art De Roché, New York Times, 20 May 2026 Vargas then drove the woman and a friend to a residence in Stafford, where the pair continued to drink until one of them blacked out, according to the warrant affidavit. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 While other operators submitted detailed incident summaries to the US regulator, Tesla blacked out every narrative entirely, labeling them as confidential business information. —

Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026 Across the Russian capital, the internet was blacked out, a move driven by fear that Ukraine could disrupt the World War II commemoration with its expanding reach of long-range drone attacks. —

Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 May 2026 Though effectively blacked out for now, Leaving Neverland will likely be released again. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026 As its name suggests, the sneaker is fully blacked out, including its upper, futuristic sole unit and all of its external branding. —

Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026

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The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026