blanked out
Went completely empty
Blanked out describes memory or consciousness that has been erased or lost.
Someone who blanked out during an exam couldn't recall anything.
A person who blanked out at a party has no memory of what happened—whether from alcohol, trauma, or overwhelm.
Censored content may also be blanked out: The classified names were blanked out of the report.
Pathological loss of recall
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- lostUnable to navigate
- gapUnfilled space between
lapse · void · oblivion · fugue · blackout · suppressed · repressed · dissociation
Rub to clean
- deleteRemove or erase
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
purge · efface · redact · censor · removal · deletion · blackout · whiteout
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
withheld · suppressed · hidden · undisclosed · unrevealed · cover-up · non-disclosure · anonymized
Showing no feeling
- vacantWithout an occupant
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- glazedCoated with shiny finish
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
impassive · poker-faced · unreadable · stare · dazed · unfocused · detached · dissociated
Lost consciousness briefly
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- stuporSuspended sensibility
collapse · swoon · syncope · oblivious · insensible · unresponsive · comatose
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- lostUnable to navigate
gap · lapse · void · oblivion · fugue · blackout · suppressed · repressed · dissociation · trauma
wipe
Rub to clean
obliterate · purge · efface · redact · censor · removal · deletion · blackout · whiteout · overwrite
redacted
Officially removed from view
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
confidential · withheld · suppressed · hidden · undisclosed · unrevealed · cover-up · non-disclosure · anonymized · sanitized
expressionless
Showing no feeling
deadpan · impassive · poker-faced · unreadable · stare · dazed · unfocused · detached · dissociated · thousand-yard stare
fainted
Lost consciousness briefly
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
stupor · collapse · swoon · syncope · oblivious · insensible · unresponsive · comatose
- expressions about forgetfulnessslipped my mind, absentminded, memory like a sieve, mind like a sieve, mental block
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
blanked outalert
Warning or watchfulness
aware · lucid · wide awake · sharp · focused
blanked outfilled in
Supplied missing information
known · uncensored · unredacted · restored · recovered
blank, blanked, blanking, blanks, blankly, blankness, out, outed, outing