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English verb: black out | |||
| 1. | black out (weather) obliterate or extinguish | ||
| Samples | Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out | ||
| 2. | black out (change) darken completely | ||
| Samples | The dining room blackened out. | ||
| Synonyms | blacken out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | darken | ||
| 3. | black out (change) suppress by censorship as for political reasons | ||
| Samples | Parts of the newspaper article were blacked out. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edit, redact | ||
| 4. | black out (body) lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example | ||
| Synonyms | pass out, zonk out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conk, faint, pass out, swoon | ||
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