blank out
Suddenly lose recall
To blank out is to obscure or cover something so it can't be seen or read: The censors blanked out the profanity.
It also means to experience sudden memory failure or mental emptiness: I completely blanked out during the exam.
Someone might blank out from shock, alcohol, or simply losing focus.
Remove or erase
- removeTake something away
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- wipeRub to clean
- redactConceal text for secrecy
censor · obscure · cover · expunge · obliterate · efface · mask · conceal
Fail to recall
- dissociateSever a mental link
- repressHold back forcibly
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
fugue · trauma · suppress · mental block · lapse · gap · lose track · compartmentalize
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- lose consciousnessBecome unaware, unresponsive
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- keel overSuddenly fall unconscious
go under · stupor · daze · knockout · insensible · unresponsive · senseless · come to
delete
Remove or erase
redact · censor · obscure · cover · expunge · obliterate · efface · mask · conceal · hide
forget
Fail to recall
- dissociateSever a mental link
- repressHold back forcibly
- blockSolid mass, or impede
amnesia · fugue · trauma · suppress · mental block · lapse · gap · lose track · compartmentalize
faint
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- lose consciousnessBecome unaware, unresponsive
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
keel over · go under · stupor · daze · knockout · insensible · unresponsive · senseless · come to · revive
- blot outerase, delete, efface, expunge, obliterate
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, strikethrough, x
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- mental lapseslapse, forget, slip, misplace, overlook
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- block outcover, hide, mask, screen, shroud
blank outremember
Retain in mind
recall · recollect · total recall · bring to mind · retain
blank outcome to
Regain awareness after unconsciousness
snap out of it · wake up · tune in · come around · focus