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 Everyone from Ed Sheeran to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were spotted, as were several Kansas City Chiefs players, many of whom were captured loading into blacked out sprinter vans from a swanky hotel that media and some fans staked out. Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Three pages of the 11-page sentencing submission filing by prosecutors are blacked out. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 July 2026 The auroral activity apparently caused some magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere, so that for three days we were almost blacked out on the radio. Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted. Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 25 June 2026 The sign at the front of the stadium remained a little underwhelming, with the word Lumen blacked out but no replacement filled in. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026 The wheels are blacked out, which gives it a nice sporty feel, especially with that orange paint scheme in the promo shots. Utkarsh Sood june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacked out
Verb
  • The woes of airplane middle seats are soon to be eradicated for some United Airlines passengers.
    Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • But before the thylacine was fully eradicated, 13 pups of the marsupial species were preserved in alcohol.
    Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • In other words, these olives are often harvested while still green and then darkened through oxidation and other methods during processing.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Themes return altered by what has happened to them, darkened or brightened, fragmented or reconciled.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
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  • That moniker became a little more appropriate last week, when Jenkins rescued a young fan who fainted during the national anthem at CHS Field.
    Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026
  • The Great American State Fair was postponed Saturday after multiple people reportedly fainted the day before, forcing thousands of visitors to pivot during celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Photographs capture her outline in the mud of a creek bank; in the snow blown against a tree trunk; in an arrangement of branches and flowers leaned against a tree; and in the sand on a beach, already being erased by the waves.
    Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • Lurker is an exceptional film about how social media has all but erased the boundaries between fans and celebrities.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Cops closed in from every direction—silent, efficient, controlled.
    Rodney K. Harrison, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
  • Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling closed in February, but was purchased by Alarmist Brewing, with plans to bring its Sauganash taproom back to life.
    Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Along the course, from start to finish, volunteers passed out thousands of gallons of water.
    Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
  • The next scene fast-forwards to the present, where Gigi is passed out in a bed in Hollis’s house after a bender.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2014, Pope Francis abolished the future use of the monsignor title — which denotes a specific honor — for most priests.
    Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
  • Beijing eventually increased the limit to two children in 2015, then abolished the policy entirely in 2021.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
  • The country’s power grid collapsed three times this month, while water service, food production, transportation, garbage collection and medical services have been severely disrupted.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

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“Blacked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacked%20out. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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