āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
blackout
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Blackout
01
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
a brief loss of consciousness, often caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure or shock
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She experienced a blackout after standing in the heat for too long.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻž
a type of curtain that prevents light from coming in or going out
Dialect
British
British
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ
a complete loss of electricity in a specific area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Emergency lights were used during the blackout at the hospital.
āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ°
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
05
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ
a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
06
āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ
partial or total loss of memory
07
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ
a stage direction that indicates the sudden extinguishing of all lights on stage, usually for a brief period
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
blackout
black
out
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
