blacked out
Fainted from shock
Blacked out describes a state of darkness or unconsciousness.
If a city is blacked out, its lights have been extinguished, either deliberately during wartime or from a power failure.
A person who has blacked out has lost consciousness, often from alcohol, drugs, or a medical event—and may have no memory of what happened during that time.
Blacked out also describes text or images that have been obscured, usually to censor or redact information: The classified document had entire paragraphs blacked out.
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- wastedUsed without good result
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
sloshed · sozzled · trashed · obliterated · legless · paralytic · smashed · stupefied
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- suppressedForcibly held down
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
bowdlerized · withheld · omitted · erased · concealed · restricted · confidential · sealed
Loss of electrical service
- brownoutTemporary power decrease
- grid failureElectrical network collapse
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
circuit · fuse · surge · transformer · breaker · darkness · emergency · flashlight
Lost consciousness briefly
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- swoonedFainted from emotion
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
insensible · stupor · syncope · zonked · senseless · oblivious · incapacitated · overcome
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- wastedUsed without good result
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
plastered · sloshed · sozzled · trashed · obliterated · legless · paralytic · smashed · stupefied · binge
redacted
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- suppressedForcibly held down
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
sanitized · bowdlerized · withheld · omitted · erased · concealed · restricted · confidential · sealed · scrubbed
outage
Loss of electrical service
- brownoutTemporary power decrease
- grid failureElectrical network collapse
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
generator · circuit · fuse · surge · transformer · breaker · darkness · emergency · flashlight · candles
fainted
Lost consciousness briefly
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- swoonedFainted from emotion
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
comatose · insensible · stupor · syncope · zonked · senseless · oblivious · incapacitated · overcome · lightheaded
darkened
Made less bright
shadowed · shrouded · dimmed · unlit · extinguished · switched off · curtained · shuttered · tinted · covered
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
- redactedredacted, censored, expunged, deleted, erased
- incapacitatedunconscious, comatose, paralyzed, disabled, helpless
- car slangbeater, beamer, Benz, bug, Caddy
- intoxicationdrunk, inebriated, intoxication, inebriation, drunkenness
- asleepasleep, fast asleep, deep sleep, sound asleep, snoring
blacked outunredacted
Not obscured or removed
revealed · uncensored · disclosed · exposed · visible
black, out, blacken, Black Friday, blackout, blackness, blacks, blackest, blacker