pitch blackness

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Noun1.pitch blackness - total absence of lightpitch blackness - total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
dark, darkness - absence of light or illumination
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But in the pitch blackness the Shropdoc practitioner didn't realise at first that two cars were involved, and had begun treating a heavily pregnant woman before it became apparent there was a second vehicle in a nearby field, with three badly injured passengers in it.
So there I was on Sunday, in pitch blackness, faced with a rail-less climb up to row F.
After a few minutes of pitch blackness, only lit up by iPhone torches, the coaches and referee agreed that the match would have to end.
I particularly enjoyed the bit where she had a scary encounter with a prehistoric-looking shark in the pitch blackness.
It is fortunate there are two street lights along this stretch otherwise one would risk a sprained ankle at least and possibly a broken ankle/leg if one was to attempt to walk this route in pitch blackness.
Four hours into the fight we pulled Lumpy to the side of the boat in pitch blackness: a small boat, a few lights and one big alligator.
Karen Bryant wrote: "On top of the power blowouts the walk from the venue to the car park was a 30 mins walk in pitch blackness. It was a total joke."
Pitch blackness was punctuated by the thunderous sound of debris pounding the structure.
The pitch blackness of the night and the bitter cold did not bode well.
Similarly the detective programmes to which we two are addicted contain endless murky scenes where we can see everything or, rather, nothing, because they're taking place in pitch blackness.
"He reached out to turn on his bedside lamp only to find that, in the pitch blackness, it was not the lamp switch he touched, but a cold, wet human face.
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