blackout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
  2. noun darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
    brownout; dimout.
  3. noun the failure of electric power for a general region
  4. noun a momentary loss of consciousness
  5. noun partial or total loss of memory
    memory loss; amnesia.
    • he has a total blackout for events of the evening

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