total blackout
Zero light remains
A total blackout is complete darkness, either from power failure or deliberate light suppression during wartime to hide from aerial attack.
Extended to complete loss of consciousness or memory: I had a total blackout—I don't remember anything after midnight.
Also describes comprehensive media suppression: The government imposed a total blackout on election coverage.
- darknessTotal absence of light
- power outageLoss of electrical supply
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- faintWeak and indistinct
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
electricity · power grid · candles · grid failure · memory loss · lost time · drunk · wasted · curtains · flashlight · off the grid · generator · passed out · dead to the world · collapse · storm · emergency · lights out
- outagespower outage, outage, brownout, power cut, power failure
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, grid failure
total blackoutbroad daylight
Fully visible daytime conditions
bright light · blinding light · flood of light · floodlit · well-lit
total blackoutfull disclosure
Withholding no information
media saturation · open communication · free press · wall-to-wall coverage · information overload
total, totals, totaled, totaling, totally, totality, totalitarian, totalitarianism, blackout