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
Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
Tracking the detainees has been difficult since Iranian authorities imposed an internet blackout, and reports leak out only with difficulty.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The woman is fully clothed in all three photos, and her face is blacked out.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Cuba’s energy crisis has deepened and daily blackouts sometimes last more than 24 hours at a time on some parts of the island.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
Tracking the detainees has been difficult since Iranian authorities imposed an internet blackout, and reports leak out only with difficulty.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
But the decision to charge the teens as adults was followed by new disclosures about the case, including release of an arrest report that had previously been mostly blacked out.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The woman is fully clothed in all three photos, and her face is blacked out.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackout
Noun
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And there’s still almost an hour of film left to go, in which everyone, including the audience, is in a sort of hallucinatory, post traumatic daze — but even the relative comfort of that won’t last long.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now the state, if not region, is in a daze.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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These four novels create a convincing, wrenching, kaleidoscopic picture of the range and repetitions of the most fatal kind of love; the sort of love that allows nothing else to grow around it, that eradicates all dignity; a love which, in order to be completed, must be told.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Because of these and other factors, the program to eradicate coca farming in Colombia failed, and production exploded.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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Smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away, darkening the sky.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The final challenge which saw contestants wearing makeup to darken their skin came in Cycle 17, Episode 5—which aired in 2011—as models were made up to look like pop star Michael Jackson at different times in his life.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Certain studies point to other variations as well—fainting and fever may be more common in women whereas palpitations may crop up more often in men.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hamzah Abushaban, Kordia’s cousin, said she is not known to faint or experience seizures.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The floating objects, trance communications, phantom touches, miraculous healings, and poltergeist writings that followed in the five decades after Mona’s death were attributed to her and a pantheon of other notable spirits, including Black Elk.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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In other words, the age-old trance of acceptance has broken, and there are suddenly too many entrepreneurs capturing disaffected audiences by accusing legacy institutions of corruption and cowardice.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Cook County has also had a separate program to erase medical debt.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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This administration is literally erasing Black and Transgender people from society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The park is open from daylight to dusk for visitors and 24/7 for campers.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
15 Jan. 2026
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Its hours are from dawn to dusk every day of the year.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, if the blood pressure is too low, fainting (syncope) may occur.4 Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness caused by a decrease in oxygen and nutrients reaching the brain.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
2 Aug. 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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“Blackout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackout. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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