blanked
Mind went empty
Blanked is the past tense of blank.
If you blanked on something, you failed to remember or think of it: I totally blanked on her name.
In sports, if a team blanked their opponents, they shut them out—held them scoreless.
A blanked expression is one that has been emptied of emotion, made deliberately vacant.
To be blanked by someone, especially in British usage, means to be deliberately ignored: I waved but she completely blanked me.
Permanently removed
- wipedCleaned by rubbing
- expungedOfficially removed completely
- clearedFound not guilty
- scrubbedCleaned thoroughly or canceled
obliterated · purged · effaced · overwritten · formatted · reset · stripped · emptied
Failed to recall
- spacedWith gaps between
- zoned-outMentally checked out
- amnesiacPerson with memory loss
- dissociatedSeparated from connection
dazed · stunned · stupefied · dumbstruck · bewildered · confused · overwhelmed · frozen
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- suppressedForcibly held down
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
bowdlerized · sanitized · restricted · forbidden · prohibited · withheld · omitted · blocked
Holding nothing inside
- vacantWithout an occupant
- bareLacking any covering
- featurelessHaving no distinguishing marks
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
glazed · deadpan · impassive · unreadable · hollow · unfilled · unmarked · untouched
deleted
Permanently removed
scrubbed · obliterated · purged · effaced · overwritten · formatted · reset · stripped · emptied · neutralized
forgot
Failed to recall
dissociated · dazed · stunned · stupefied · dumbstruck · bewildered · confused · overwhelmed · frozen · paralyzed
redacted
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- suppressedForcibly held down
expurgated · bowdlerized · sanitized · restricted · forbidden · prohibited · withheld · omitted · blocked · filtered
empty
Holding nothing inside
- vacantWithout an occupant
- bareLacking any covering
- featurelessHaving no distinguishing marks
expressionless · glazed · deadpan · impassive · unreadable · hollow · unfilled · unmarked · untouched · pristine
covered
Having protection atop
blurred · fogged · masked · screened · eclipsed · darkened · misted · smeared · smudged · hazed
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
- anonymizedanonymized, pseudonymized, redacted, masked, censored
- nothingsnothing, zero, nil, nada, zilch
blankedremembered
Brought back to mind
recalled · recollected · retrieved · came to mind · recognized
blankedacknowledged
Accepted as true
greeted · recognized · engaged · responded · noticed
- blank pageSheet without marks
- blank checkUnrestricted authority document
- drawing a blankUnable to remember
- draw a blankFail to remember
- blank stareExpressionless, unfocused gaze
- drew a blankFailed to remember
blank, blanks, blanketing, blankly, blankness, blanking, blanker, blankest, blank out