Phrase guide
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verb
To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
To censor or cover up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: black in, come to
verb
To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To obscure in darkness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: zonk out, pass out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: faint, conk, swoon, pass out
verb
suppress by censorship as for political reasons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: edit, redact
verb
darken completely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blacken out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: darken
verb
obliterate or extinguish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
History
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Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
