black out


Meanings

  • a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
  • darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
  • the failure of electric power for a general region
  • a momentary loss of consciousness
  • partial or total loss of memory;
  • obliterate or extinguish;
  • darken completely;
  • suppress by censorship as for political reasons;
  • lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example