black out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения временной потери сознания, памяти или зрения, а также для полного затемнения или сокрытия чего-либо.

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

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Lose consciousnessinformal

   To suddenly become unconscious or faint.

   Потерять сознание

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

   Synonymscollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

   Antonymsawakeregainrevive

2. Prevent information from being seenformal

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

   Зачернить

   • 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.

   Synonymsblank outblot outcensorconcealcover uphidemaskobscureredactsuppress

   Antonymsdiscloseexposerevealshowuncover

3. Experience a power failureinformal

   To lose electrical power in a specific area.

   Отключиться

   • 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.

Base verbblack