blackout
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
Types & categories
- pause hypernym
Related & opposite
- black out derivation
Sense 2 noun
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
Types & categories
- darkness hypernym
Related & opposite
- blacken out derivation
- aircraft domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the failure of electric power for a general region
Types & categories
- power outage hypernym
Related & opposite
- blacken out derivation
Sense 4 noun
a momentary loss of consciousness
Types & categories
- unconsciousness hypernym
Related & opposite
- zonk out derivation
Sense 5 noun
partial or total loss of memory
he has a total blackout for events of the evening
Types & categories
- cognitive state hypernym
- anterograde amnesia hyponym
- retrograde amnesia hyponym
- forgetfulness hyponym
- selective amnesia hyponym
- transient global amnesia hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | black out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pause |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blacken out |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | aircraft |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | darkness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blacken out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | power outage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | zonk out |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | unconsciousness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesiac |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive state |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | anterograde amnesia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrograde amnesia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | forgetfulness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | selective amnesia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | transient global amnesia |