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Blackout
Black |
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Adjective - the darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white. |
Out |
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Adverb - moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden. |
black + out |
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Blackout |
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Noun - the complete failure of an electric power to an area (aka power cut / power failure / power outage (AmE).!Note - In wartime it describes the period when all lights must be turned off or covered to prevent them being seen by the enemy during an air raid. |
Example Sentence:-
"A full moon caused the biggest blackout ever." (From the Kitely writing challenge.)
!Note - If you write it as two words "black out" it becomes a verb and can mean to lose consiousness or to obliterate something with the colour black, as in crossing out words on a page or print on a screen.
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