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What (who) is blackout - definition
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blackout
¦ 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.
(blackouts) Brit. dark curtains put up in windows during an air raid.
a sudden failure or dimming of electric lights.
2. a temporary loss of consciousness.
3. an official suppression of information: a total news blackout.
blackout
n.
extinguishing or concealment of all lights during wartime
1) to impose, order a blackout
2) to observe a blackout
suppression of news
3) to impose, order a blackout
4) to lift a blackout
5) to violate a blackout
6) a news blackout
blackout
also black-out
(blackouts)
1.
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.
...blackout curtains.
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2.
If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.
...a media blackout imposed by the Imperial Palace...
Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally.
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3.
If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.
There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country.
= power cut
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4.
If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness.
I suffered a black-out which lasted for several minutes.
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Wikipedia
Blackout
Blackout(s), black out, or The Blackout may refer to:
Examples of use of blackout
1. Information blackout "We‘re consistently operating in a blackout.
2. Yet like citizens in the blackout itself, "Blackout" gropes but does not find the real answer – and it shouldn‘t.
3. Partial blackout An electricity blackout on the island of Rhodes occurred yesterday for the second time in a month.
4. Internet blackout Most of northern Greece suffered an Internet blackout yesterday due to technical problems at OTE telecom.
5. Henan‘s propaganda department ordered a news blackout.