Noun
- 1. blackout, pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
- usage: a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- 2. blackout, brownout, dimout, dark, darkness
- usage: darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- 3. blackout, power outage, power failure
- usage: the failure of electric power for a general region
- 4. blackout, unconsciousness
- usage: a momentary loss of consciousness
- 5. amnesia, memory loss, blackout, cognitive state, state of mind
- usage: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
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