Black-Out

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1. A cutoff of electrical power, especially as a result of a shortage, a mechanical failure, or overuse by consumers.

2. The concealment or extinguishment of lights that might be visible to enemy aircraft during an air raid.

a. The sudden extinguishment of all stage lights in a theater to indicate the passage of time or to mark the end of an act or scene.

b. A short, comic vaudeville skit that ends with lights off.

4. A temporary loss of memory or consciousness.

a. A suppression, as of news, by censorship.

b. Restriction or prohibition of telecasting a sports event in order to ensure ticket sales.

Synonyms: blackout, faint, swoon, syncope
These nouns denote a temporary loss of consciousness: suffers blackouts at high altitudes; fell in a dead faint at the sight of the body; sank to the ground in a swoon; was taken to the clinic in a state of syncope.

blackout [ˈblækaʊt]

1. (Military) the extinguishing or hiding of all artificial light, esp in a city visible to an enemy attack from the air

2. (Medicine / Pathology) a momentary loss of consciousness, vision, or memory

3. (Electronics) a temporary electrical power failure or cut

4. (Electronics) Electronics a temporary loss of sensitivity in a valve following a short strong pulse

5. (Electronics) a temporary loss of radio communications between a spacecraft and earth, esp on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere

6. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) the suspension of radio or television broadcasting, as by a strike or for political reasons

vb black out (adverb)

1. (tr) to obliterate or extinguish (lights)

2. (Military) (tr) to create a blackout in (a city etc.)

3. (intr) to lose vision, consciousness, or memory temporarily

4. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) (tr, adverb) to stop (news, a television programme) from being released or broadcast

blackout - Originally a theatrical term for the extinguishing of all lights on the stage when scenery was shifted.

See also related terms for lights.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	blackout - a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
	2.	blackout - darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) brownout, dimout aircraft - a vehicle that can fly dark, darkness - absence of light or illumination
	3.	blackout - the failure of electric power for a general region power failure, power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage"
	4.	blackout - a momentary loss of consciousness unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
	5.	blackout - partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" amnesia, memory loss cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia - loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma retrograde amnesia - loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma forgetfulness - tendency to forget selective amnesia - amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember; "why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions?" transient global amnesia - memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons; characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours; person is otherwise alert and intellectually active

blackout

noun

1. noncommunication, secrecy, censorship, suppression, radio silence a media blackout

2. power cut, power failure, blown fuse, electricity failure an electricity blackout

3. unconsciousness, collapse, faint, oblivion, swoon (literary), loss of consciousness, syncope (Pathology) I suffered a blackout which lasted for several minutes.

Translations

blackout [ˈblækaʊt] N

1. (Elec) → apagón m

2. (Med) → desmayo m

3. (of news) → bloqueo m informativo, apagón m informativo
there was a media blackout at the request of the police → hubo un bloqueo informativo en los medios de comunicación a petición de la policía

blackout [ˈblækaʊt] n

(= power cut) → panne f d'électricité

(in wartime) → black-out m

[programmes] → interruption f (d'émission)
news blackout → blackout m sur l'information

(= fainting) → étourdissement m, évanouissement m
to have a blackout, to suffer a blackout → s'évanouir
blackout curtains n rideaux qui ne laissent pas passer la lumière
black pepper n → poivre m noir
Black Power n → pouvoir m noir
black pudding blood pudding (US) n → boudin m noir

blackout [ˈblækˌaʊt] n

a. (of lights) (TV) → black-out m inv; (during war) → oscuramento

b. (Med) → svenimento

blackout → تعتيم dočasná ztráta vědomí blackout Verdunkelung μπλακ άουτ apagón pimennys panne d’électricité gubitak svijesti blackout 灯火管制 등화관제 black-out blackout zaciemnienie apagão, extinção de eletricidade затемнение strömavbrott การเป็นลม karartma sự mất điện 灯火管制

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