blackouts Synonyms
blackouts Meaning
blackouts
a period when lights are kept off to guard against enemy airplane attack in a war, a period of darkness enforced as a precaution against air raids, a transient dulling or loss of vision, consciousness, or memory, to undergo a temporary loss of vision, consciousness, or memory, a wiping out, to impose a blackout on, a blotting out by censorship, a period when lights are off as a result of an electrical power failure, a temporary dulling or loss of vision or consciousness, to make inoperative (as by a power failure), blot out, erase, a turning off of the stage lighting to separate scenes in a play or end a play or skit, to suppress by censorship, to envelop in darkness, a skit that ends with a blackout, a period of darkness (as in a city) caused by a failure of electrical power, a time during which a special commercial offer (as of tickets) is not valid, to become enveloped in darkness, a usually temporary loss of a radio signal, the prohibition or restriction of the telecasting of a sports event
blackouts Sentence Examples
- The city was plunged into darkness after a massive blackout.
- The doctor advised the patient to avoid blackouts by drinking plenty of fluids.
- The blackout lasted for hours, leaving thousands of people without power.
- The blackout was caused by a faulty transformer at the power plant.
- The police were called to investigate the cause of the blackout.
- The elderly woman suffered a blackout and was rushed to the hospital.
- The pilot experienced a momentary blackout during the flight, but regained control of the plane.
- The blackout caused a temporary disruption in transportation and communication.
- The government imposed a blackout on all electronic devices in the affected area.
- The children were fascinated by the blackout and watched the stars in the night sky.
FAQs About the word blackouts
a period when lights are kept off to guard against enemy airplane attack in a war, a period of darkness enforced as a precaution against air raids, a transient
trances, syncopes, swims, dazes, faints, insensibilities, sleeps, knockouts, stupors,swoons
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The city was plunged into darkness after a massive blackout.
The doctor advised the patient to avoid blackouts by drinking plenty of fluids.
The blackout lasted for hours, leaving thousands of people without power.
The blackout was caused by a faulty transformer at the power plant.
