blacken out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre sombre ou opaque, ou de provoquer une perte de conscience ou de mémoire.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. To make or become darkformal

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

   assombrir (en noircissant)

   • 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.

   Synonymesblack outblot outdarkendimobscureshade

   Antonymesbrightenilluminatelightenwhiten

2. To lose consciousnessinformal

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

   Perdre connaissance

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

   Synonymesblack outcollapsefaintkeel overpass outswoon

3. To censor or obscureformal

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

   noircir (pour censurer)

   • 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.

   Synonymesblack outblot outcensorconcealcover uphideobscureredact

   Antonymesdisclosedivulgeexposerevealuncover

Verbe de baseblacken