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blacken out

/ˈblæk.ən aʊt/

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verb

/ˈblæk.ən aʊt/C1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по затемнению или деланию чего-либо непрозрачным, или вызывания потери сознания или памяти.

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

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

  1. To make or become darkformal

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

    ruЗатемнить

    • 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.

    Synonymsblack outblot outdarkendimobscureshade

    Antonymsbrightenilluminatelightenwhiten

  2. To lose consciousnessinformal

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

    ruПотерять сознание

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

    Synonymsblack outcollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

  3. To censor or obscureformal

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

    ruЗачернить

    • 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.

    Synonymsblack outblot outcensorconcealcover uphideobscureredact

    Antonymsdisclosedivulgeexposerevealuncover

Forms
  • blackened out past participle
  • blackened out past simple
  • blackening out present participle
  • blackens out third person singular

Base verbblacken

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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