Blackout - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈblækaʊt|
Brit.
|ˈblækæʊt|
noun
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) (syn: brownout, dimout)
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- partial or total loss of memory (syn: amnesia)
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) (syn: brownout, dimout)
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- partial or total loss of memory (syn: amnesia)
he has a total blackout for events of the evening
Extra examples
She keeps flashlights and candles handy in case of a blackout.
He told his doctor he had been experiencing blackouts.
As the crisis worsened, the authorities imposed a news blackout.
...a minutely detailed analysis of the series of glitches that resulted in the blackout...
Word forms
noun
singular: blackout
plural: blackouts
singular: blackout
plural: blackouts
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