black-out

(noun) a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. Synonyms: blackout.

(noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft). Synonyms: blackout, brownout, dimout.

(noun) the failure of electric power for a general region. Synonyms: blackout.

(noun) a momentary loss of consciousness. Synonyms: blackout.

(noun) partial or total loss of memory. Synonyms: amnesia, memory loss, blackout. Example: "He has a total blackout for events of the evening."

(verb) obliterate or extinguish. Synonyms: black out. Example: "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived."

(verb) darken completely. Synonyms: black out, blacken out. Example: "The dining room blackened out."

(verb) suppress by censorship as for political reasons. Synonyms: black out. Example: "Parts of the newspaper article were blacked out."

(verb) lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. Synonyms: zonk out, pass out, black out.