blackout

• ⇰ बेहोशी
• ⇰ बंदिश
• ⇰ अँधेरा
• ⇰ स्मृतिलोपअ
• ⇰ तिमिरण

• ⇰ a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting.
• ⇰ any darkness resulting from the extinction of lights.
• ⇰ the failure of electric power for a general region sufficient to extinguish all normal lighting.
• ⇰ a momentary loss of consciousness.
• ⇰ partial or total loss of memory.
• ⇰ a period during which artificial lighting is forbidden, as in a city as a precaution against an air raid.
• ⇰ the darkening of all stage lights, as at then end of a performance or between acts.
• ⇰ suppression of information distribution; <as>as, there was a <ex>blackout</ex> on news from the military for the first day of the Gulf War</as>.
• ⇰ the prohibition of the broadcasting of a sports event, such as a boxing match or football game, sometimes confined to one particular area. It is usually done to encourage sales of tickets to the event.