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Blackout   /blˈækˌaʊt/   Listen
Blackout

noun
1.
A suspension of radio or tv broadcasting.
2.
Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft).  Synonyms: brownout, dimout.
3.
The failure of electric power for a general region.
4.
A momentary loss of consciousness.
5.
Partial or total loss of memory.  Synonyms: amnesia, memory loss.





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"Blackout" Quotes from Famous Books



... time to hope fervently the cheap expendable motor wouldn't burn out its throat and send him cart-wheeling through space, or blow the surrounding tanks before the blackout came down. ...
— Far from Home • J.A. Taylor


Words linked to "Blackout" :   intermission, unconsciousness, darkness, anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, suspension, pause, amnesia, selective amnesia, interruption, brownout, power outage, dark, aircraft, state of mind, forgetfulness, power failure, transient global amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia, cognitive state, break, black out


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