blackout

noun

1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

Definition categories: time, break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension

2. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

Similar word(s): brownout, dimout

Definition categories: state, dark, darkness

3. the failure of electric power for a general region

Definition categories: event

4. a momentary loss of consciousness

Definition categories: thought, unconsciousness

5. partial or total loss of memory

- he has a total blackout for events of the evening

Similar word(s): amnesia

Definition categories: thought