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BLACK OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "black out"):
conk; faint; pass out; swoon (pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
blackout (a momentary loss of consciousness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suppress by censorship as for political reasons
Example:
parts of the newspaper article were blacked out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):
edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
blackout (a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Darken completely
Example:
The dining room blackened out
Synonyms:
black out; blacken out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):
darken (become dark or darker)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
blackout (the failure of electric power for a general region)
blackout (darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Obliterate or extinguish
Example:
Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):
blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
