blackout (redirected from alcoholic blackout)

black·out  (blkout)

n.

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.

3.

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.

5.

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.

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blackout

Noun

1. (in wartime) the putting out or hiding of all lights as a precaution against a night air attack

2. a momentary loss of consciousness, vision, or memory

3. a temporary electrical power failure

4. the prevention of information broadcasts: a news blackout

Verb

black out

1. to put out (lights)

2. to lose vision, consciousness, or memory temporarily

3. to stop (news, a television programme, etc.) from being broadcast

Thesaurus

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

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blackout

noun 1. noncommunication, secrecy, censorship, suppression, radio silence

noun 2. power cut, power failure

noun 3. unconsciousness, collapse, faint, oblivion, swoon (literary) loss of consciousness, syncope Pathology

Translations

blackout [ˈblækaut] n (TV, ELEC) → apagón m (= fainting); desmayo, pérdida de conocimiento

blackout [ˈblækaut] black n → panne f d'électricité;

(in wartime) → black-out m;

(TV) → interruption f d'émission (= fainting); syncope f

blackout [ˈblækaut] n (in wartime) → Verdunkelung f;

(power cut) → Stromausfall m;

(TV, Radio) → Ausfall m;

(faint) → Ohnmachtsanfall m

blackout [ˈblækaut] n → oscuramento (= fainting); svenimento;

(TV) → interruzione f delle trasmissioni