Defenition of the word black out
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Defenition of the word black out
- Amnesia caused by an overabundant use of alcohol.
- The sudden (and generally momentary) loss of consciousness due to a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen reaching the brain.
- suppress by censorship; of reporting, as for political reasons
- obliterate or extinguish, of lights
- darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"
- obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- darken completely
- obliterate or extinguish
Synonyms for the word black out
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- blacken out
- lose consciousness
- pass out
- zonk out
Hyponyms for the word black out
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- conk
- faint
- pass out
- swoon
Hypernyms for the word black out
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- blow out
- change state
- darken
- edit
- extinguish
- obliterate
- quench
- redact
- snuff out
- turn
Antonyms for the word black out
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