black out

verbs

obliterate or extinguish

"Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

black out

is a type of (narrower)

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

darken completely

"The dining room blackened out"

black out, blacken out

is derived from

is derived from

suppress by censorship as for political reasons

"parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"

black out

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

"Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

black out, pass out, zonk out

is derived from