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BLACK OUT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

Synonyms:

black out; pass out; zonk out

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "black out"):

conk; faint; pass out; swoon (pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

blackout (a momentary loss of consciousness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suppress by censorship as for political reasons

Example:

parts of the newspaper article were blacked out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blackout (a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Darken completely

Example:

The dining room blackened out

Synonyms:

black out; blacken out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

darken (become dark or darker)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

blackout (the failure of electric power for a general region)

blackout (darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Obliterate or extinguish

Example:

Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "black out" is one way to...):

blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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