blacks out

present tense third-person singular of black out
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as in darkens
to grow dark with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital

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as in faints
to lose consciousness blacked out after hitting her head on the beam

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“Blacks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacks%20out. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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