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 | ||