blacken out

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, etwas zu verdunkeln oder undurchsichtig zu machen, oder das Bewusstsein bzw. die Erinnerung zu verlieren.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something dark or opaque, or causing a loss of consciousness or memory.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. To make or become darkformal

   To cause something to become dark or black, often by covering or extinguishing light.

   Verdunkeln

   • The power cut blackened out the entire city.
   • They blackened out the windows to block the sunlight.
   • The smoke blackened out the sky during the fire.

   Synonymeblack outblot outdarkendimobscureshade

   Antonymebrightenilluminatelightenwhiten

2. To lose consciousnessinformal

   To faint or become unconscious, often due to injury, shock, or illness.

   Das Bewusstsein verlieren

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

   Synonymeblack outcollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

3. To censor or obscureformal

   To hide or remove information, often by covering it with black ink or a similar method.

   Schwärzen

   • The government blackened out sensitive parts of the document.
   • The editor blackened out the names of the witnesses.
   • They blackened out the classified information in the report.

   Synonymeblack outblot outcensorconcealcover uphideobscureredact

   Antonymedisclosedivulgeexposerevealuncover

Grundverbblacken