dimout

A noun referring to darkness resulting from the extinction of lights, such as in a city made invisible to enemy aircraft.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'obscurité résultant de l'extinction des lumières, par exemple dans une ville rendue invisible aux avions ennemis.

1. Partial blackout C1 formal

   A period of reduced lighting, often for safety or security reasons, such as to make a city less visible to enemy aircraft.

   • During the war, the city enforced a dimout to protect against air raids.
   • The dimout made the streets nearly invisible from above.
   • Residents were instructed to follow dimout regulations after sunset.

   🇫🇷Obscurcissement partiel

   Antonymes: illumination

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• dimout's possessive singular form