blacking out (Meaning)
blacking out
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
Synonyms & Antonyms of blacking out
Synonyms:
- dissolving
- wasting
- dynamiting
- totaling
- dismantling
- killing
- fragmenting
- ejecting
- throwing out
- blasting
- devastating
- dashing
- pulverizing
- smashing
- decimating
- discarding
- splintering
- devouring
- killing off
- totalling
- ravaging
- flattening
- blowing up
- consuming
- wrecking
- razing
- finishing
- ruining
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word blacking out
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
stamping (out), destroying, blotting out, cleaning (up), abolishing, wiping out, erasing, rooting (out), sweeping (away),eradicating
saving,protecting, creating, conserving, preserving, constructing, manufacturing, forming, building, shaping
The intense heat caused the sidewalks to black out under the scorching sun.
The sky blacked out completely during the solar eclipse, casting an eerie darkness over the land.
The lack of oxygen made the diver black out underwater.
The thief's eyes blacked out as he was struck with a blow to the head.
