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   blackout

   /ˈblakaʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a period when all lights must be turned out or covered to prevent them being seen by the enemy during an air raid: "people found it difficult to travel in the blackout"
   • ▪ dark curtains put up in windows to cover lights during an air raid. British
   • ▪ a failure of an electrical power supply: "due to a power blackout their hotel was in total darkness" Similar power cutpower failureelectricity failuretripblown fusebrownout
   • ▪ a moment in the theatre when the lights on stage are suddenly dimmed.
   • ▪ a suppression of information, especially one imposed on the media by government: "the total information blackout on the series of meetings" Similar suppressionsilencecensorshipreporting restrictionscut-off
   • 2. a temporary loss of consciousness: "she was suffering from blackouts" Similar faintfainting fitloss of consciousnesscomapassing outperiod of oblivionswooncollapsesyncope
   • ▪ a temporary loss of memory during a period of alcohol intoxication: "I never was drunk to the point that I had a blackout"

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   What does blackout mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of BLACKOUT is a turning off of the stage lighting to separate scenes in a play or end a play or skit; also : a skit that ends with a blackout.

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   What is a blackout in a war?

   • A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes. She had driven ambulances during the blackouts of the Second World War. ...blackout curtains. If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.

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   What is a blackout & why is it important?

   • A blackout is a power loss affecting many electricity consumers over a large geographical area for a significant period of time. 1,230 megawatts of demand response capacity helps to mitigate the risk of blackouts and reduce the cost of energy for all electricity users in the affected regions.

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   What is a blackout skit?

   • the extinguishing of all stage lights, as in closing a vaudeville skit or separating the scenes of a play. Also called blackout skit. a skit ending in a blackout. Pathology. She suffered a blackout from the blow on the head. The patient cannot account for the bizarre things he did during his blackout.

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   What is a blackout in theatre?

   • 1. Theatre. The darkening of a stage, as between scenes, during a performance; a darkened stage. Also figurative. The more I think of that revolving business the less I see how it can be done... There will have to be a black-out. In the stage of his mind came a black-out upon a host of inhibitions. What do you think death really is?..

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   What causes a blackout?

   • The complete loss of electrical power in a particular area. Blackouts can result from a natural disaster, a manmade catastrophe, or simply from an excess of energy demand over supply. ( Compare brownout.) Rolling blackouts to match supply and demand have become increasingly common in the United States.

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     BLACKOUT meaning: 1. a time when all lights must be hidden...

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     BLACKOUT translate: utrata przytomności , omdlenie, blokada...

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   noun. the extinguishing or hiding of all artificial light, esp in a city visible to an enemy attack from the air. a momentary loss of consciousness, vision, or memory. a temporary electrical power failure or cut. electronics a temporary loss of sensitivity in a valve following a short strong pulse.

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