black out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner une perte temporaire de conscience, de mémoire ou de vision, ainsi que le fait d'obscurcir ou de masquer complètement quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Lose consciousnessinformal

   To suddenly become unconscious or faint.

   Perdre connaissance

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

   Synonymescollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

   Antonymesawakeregainrevive

2. Prevent information from being seenformal

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

   masquer (des informations)

   • 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.

   Synonymesblank outblot outcensorconcealcover uphidemaskobscureredactsuppress

   Antonymesdiscloseexposerevealshowuncover

3. Experience a power failureinformal

   To lose electrical power in a specific area.

   Subir une panne de courant

   • 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.

Verbe de baseblack