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Black out   /blæk aʊt/   Listen
verb
black out  v. t.  
1.
To cause to become black, such as a stage, a computer screen, or a city.
2.
To impose a blackout on (news or a sports event).
3.
To make (a written text) illegible by applying a black ink over it; to blot out.
4.
To suppress (a memory).


black out  v. i.  To experience a temporary loss of consciousness, memory, or vision.





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"Black out" Quotes from Famous Books



... away, Ruby, the sea is my greatest enemy. Every day, a'most, it washes me away from my work. In calm weather, it creeps up my legs, and the legs o' the forge too, till it gradually puts out the fire, and in rough weather it sends up a wave sometimes that sweeps the whole concern black out at one shot." ...
— The Lighthouse • R.M. Ballantyne
... pardon, but there is," persisted Barry bluntly. "You still doubt me and my business and feel that I have painted Leyden black out of spite. Now, if Vandersee and Mrs. Goring and the rest can't convince you, I'm going to let you see it for yourself when the time comes. Let me tell you one thing, though; if Leyden were on the square, he'd be down at his ship seeing about getting her out of this hole. ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle
... as she entered the room, "your fire black out," and, setting down the lantern, she clapped upon her knees before the chimney and began to rearrange the charred and still smouldering remains. Mr. Archer looked about the gaunt apartment with a sort of shudder. The great height, the bare ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI • Robert Louis Stevenson
... there. He decides to leave the yard and betake himself to his lodgings, when he is suddenly aware of a dark object rising from under the back porch. Stealthily and slowly the figure comes crouching out into the open yard, coming towards where the colonel stands in the shadow of the black out-buildings; and then, when close by the pump where he stood but a moment before, it rises to its full height, and draws a long breath of relief. It is a man in a soft black-felt hat, with a heavy, dark beard, and wearing one of the biggest of the great circular ...
— A War-Time Wooing - A Story • Charles King


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