About The Word Blackout

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Blackout

Blackout Meaning & Definition
Blackout Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blackout?

[n] partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
[n] a momentary loss of consciousness
[n] the failure of electric power for a general region
[n] darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
[n] a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blackout: amnesia | brownout | dimout | memory loss

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blackout: agnosia | amnesia | anoxia | asteroids | aurora particles | bamboo curtain | barrier of secrecy | blocking | brownout | catalepsy | catatonia | catatony | censorship | coma | cosmic particles | cosmic ray bombardment | curtain | dematerialization | departure | dimout | disappearance | disappearing | dispersion | dissipation | dissolution | dissolving | eclipse | elimination | erasure | evanescence | evaporation | extinction | fadeaway | fadeout | fading | faint | fugue | going | grayout | hush-up | intergalactic matter | iron curtain | ironbound security | kayo | knockout | KO | lipothymia | lipothymy | loss of memory | melting | meteor dust impacts | meteors | nirvana | nirvana principle | nothingness | oath of secrecy | oblivion | obliviousness | occultation | official secrecy | pall | passing | pressure suit | radiation | repression | seal of secrecy | security | semiconsciousness | senselessness | sleep | smothering | space bullets | stifling | stupor | suppression | swoon | syncope | the bends | unconsciousness | vanishing | vanishing point | veil | veil of secrecy | weightlessness | wipe | word deafness | wraps

See Also | anterograde amnesia | break | cognitive state | dark | darkness | forgetfulness | intermission | interruption | pause | posttraumatic amnesia | power failure | power outage | retrograde amnesia | selective amnesia | state of mind | suspension | transient global amnesia | unconsciousness

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