English dictionary
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English noun: blackout | |||
| 1. | blackout (time) a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension | ||
| 2. | blackout (state) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | ||
| Synonyms | brownout, dimout | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dark, darkness | ||
| Domain category | aircraft | ||
| 3. | blackout (event) the failure of electric power for a general region | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power failure, power outage | ||
| 4. | blackout (cognition) a momentary loss of consciousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unconsciousness | ||
| 5. | blackout (cognition) partial or total loss of memory | ||
| Samples | He has a total blackout for events of the evening. | ||
| Synonyms | amnesia, memory loss | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognitive state, state of mind | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anterograde amnesia, forgetfulness, posttraumatic amnesia, retrograde amnesia, selective amnesia, transient global amnesia | ||
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