black out

• Phrasal verb, das den vorübergehenden Verlust des Bewusstseins, des Gedächtnisses oder des Sehvermögens bezeichnet sowie das völlige Verdunkeln oder Verbergen von etwas.

A phrasal verb used to indicate losing consciousness, memory, or vision temporarily, or to obscure or darken something completely.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Lose consciousnessinformal

   To suddenly become unconscious or faint.

   Das Bewusstsein verlieren

   • He blacked out after hitting his head on the door.
   • She blacked out from the intense heat.
   • The patient blacked out during the procedure.

   Synonymecollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

   Antonymeawakeregainrevive

2. Prevent information from being seenformal

   To obscure or hide text, images, or information, often for security or censorship.

   Schwärzen

   • The government blacked out sensitive details in the report.
   • The editor blacked out the names of the witnesses.
   • They blacked out the classified sections of the document.

   Synonymeblank outblot outcensorconcealcover uphidemaskobscureredactsuppress

   Antonymediscloseexposerevealshowuncover

3. Experience a power failureinformal

   To lose electrical power in a specific area.

   Stromausfall haben

   • The entire city blacked out during the storm.
   • Our neighborhood blacked out for three hours last night.
   • The factory blacked out when the generator failed.

Grundverbblack