black out

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === black out (third-person singular simple present blacks out, present participle blacking out, simple past and past participle blacked out) (transitive) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink. 2006, Calton Lewis, Wake Island: The Story of a Civilian Pow at Niigata, Japan 1941-1945 Seigel was able to send two post cards home in 44 months via the Red Cross. The first one was completely blacked out by the Japanese censor's pen. The second one he sent, Seigel wrote that he weighed his "usual weight of 130". Seigel's usual weight was 230 so the family could see that he had been severely starved while in captivity. Seigel had at least triumphed over the Japanese censor and his black pen. (transitive, figuratively) To censor or cover up. (intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. Antonyms: black in, come to (transitive) To cause (someone) to lose consciousness. (transitive) To obscure in darkness. (intransitive) To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship. ==== Synonyms ==== (lose consciousness): faint, pass out (make dark): darken ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Norwegian Bokmål: blække ut (slang) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɛkˈkawt/ Rhymes: -awt === Noun === black out m (invariable) alternative spelling of blackout === References ===