| VERB | weather | black out | obliterate or extinguish |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | black out, blacken out | darken completely | |
| change | black out | suppress by censorship as for political reasons | |
| body | black out, zonk out, pass out | lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example |
| Meaning | obliterate or extinguish. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights |
| Spanish | anular, borrar, obliterar, silenciar, tachar | |
| Meaning | darken completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | blacken out | |
| Broader | darken | Become dark or darker |
| Spanish | ensombrecerse, quedar en tinieblas | |
| Catalan | enfosquir | |
| Nouns | blackout | the failure of electric power for a general region |
| blackout | darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy / enemy aircraft) | |
| Meaning | Suppress by censorship as for political reasons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | edit, redact | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
| Nouns | blackout | a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting |
| Meaning | Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | zonk out, pass out | |
| Narrower | faint, conk, swoon, pass out | Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress / distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | desfallecer, desmayarse, desvanecerse | |
| Catalan | defallir, desmaiar-se, esvair-se | |
| Nouns | blackout | a momentary loss of consciousness |
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