Synonyms of blacks out

blacks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of black out

1

as in eradicates

to destroy all traces of

had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicates
• erases
• abolishes
• wipes out
• destroys
• stamps (out)
• sweeps (away)
• blots out
• roots (out)
• cleans (up)
• rubs out
• obliterates
• snuffs (out)
• effaces
• cancels
• annihilates
• liquidates
• shatters
• ravages
• expunges
• demolishes
• extirpates
• exterminates
• kills
• mows (down)
• ruins
• tears down
• dismantles
• consumes
• discards
• devastates
• fragments
• flattens
• wastes
• wrecks
• totals
• kills off
• dissolves
• dashes
• finishes
• blows up
• smashes
• decimates
• throws out
• ejects
• powders
• pulverizes
• atomizes
• devours
• ditches
• dooms
• expels
• blasts
• terminates
• razes
• splinters
• excises
• dynamites
• zaps
• cuts
• ousts
• jettisons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• saves
• preserves
• creates
• forms
• shapes
• builds
• manufactures
• conserves
• constructs
• makes
• frames
• fashions
• repairs
• forges
• fixes
• restores
• reconstructs
• renews
• fabricates
• rebuilds
• patches
• mends
• reconditions
• revamps
• renovates

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkens
• closes in
• fades
• blackens
• dusks
• dims
• wanes
• lours
• lowers
• glooms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights
• shines
• beams
• brightens
• lightens
• radiates
• dawns
• glows

3

as in faints

to lose consciousness

blacked out after hitting her head on the beam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faints
• passes out
• keels (over)
• collapses
• swoons
• conks (out)
• breaks down
• zonks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comes to
• comes around
• revives
• comes round