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1. Blackout
   [alcohol-related amnesia] A blackout is a phenomenon caused by the intake of alcohol or other substance in which long term memory creation is impaired or there is a complete inability to recall the past. Blackouts are frequently described as having effects similar to that of anterograde amne...
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2. Blackout
   [Hed PE album] (2000) (2003) (2004) == Reception == Allmusic`s Johnny Loftus wrote that "While it expands on melodic elements that had previously played a supporting role in the band`s sound, Blackout also delivers truckloads of crushing guitar and pounding rhythm. And whether or not it is t...
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3. Blackout
   [Transformers] Blackout is the name of several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. ==Transformers: Generation 1== Blackout was one of a team of two Micromaster Combiners. They came with a Gepard air defense vehicle that could transform to a base. Because Bla...
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4. Blackout
   [Dominion album] Blackout is the second album by the British band Dominion. ==Track listing== ==Credits== ...
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5. Blackout
   A total, sometimes sudden, extinguishing of the stage lights, often at the end of a scene or act.
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6. Blackout
   Total loss of power, details ...
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7. blackout
   [n] - a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting 2. [n] - darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) 3. [n] - the failure of electric power for a general region 4. [n] - a momentary loss of consciousness
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8. Blackout
   A fast shutdown of all lighting to complete darkness.
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9. Blackout
   A blackout is when a person can't remember a period of time even though they were conscious.
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10. blackout
    loss of central vision due to positive gravitational acceleration; attributed to restriction of blood supply to the eye Category: Medicine • a fade-out of radiocommunications caused by ionospheric activity Category: Electrical engineering and energy • an abrupt,unanticipated ...
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11. blackout
    1. Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased blood flow to the brain. ... 2. Momentary loss of consciousness as an absence. ... 3. Temporary loss of vision, without alteration of consciousness, due to positive (normal) g (gravity) forces; caused by temporary decreased blood flow in the centra...
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12. blackout
    noun a momentary loss of consciousness
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13. blackout
    noun the failure of electric power for a general region
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14. blackout
    brownout noun darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
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15. blackout
    noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
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16. blackout
    (blak´out) temporary loss of vision and momentary unconsciousness due to diminished circulation to the brain and retina. Blackout refers specifically to a condition which sometimes occurs in aviators resulting from increased acceleration, which causes a decrease in blood supply to the brain cells. The term can als...
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17. blackout
    (from the article `Cuba`) In January, Fidel Castro announced an `energy revolution` to end the problem of blackouts and later raised the monthly minimum wage to 225 Cuban ... The massive power blackout of Aug. 14, 2003, which affected the midwestern and northeastern United States and parts of Canada, highlighted the ... [2 ...
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18. Blackout
    [David Bowie song] "Blackout" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie in 1977 for the album "Heroes". Author Nicholas Pegg described the track as "typical of the darkly exhilarating sonic schizophrenia of the "Heroes" album”, while biographer David Buckley remarked on "a backing verg...
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19. Blackout
    [Britney Spears album] Blackout is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears, released on October 26, 2007 by Jive Records, four years after her previous studio album In the Zone. Spears started writing songs for the album in November 2003, and began experimenting wi...
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20. Blackout
    [Buffy novel] Blackout is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ==Plot summary== It is 1977, the summer of a brutal blackout, the time of the Son of Sam murders, and a period of brutal fiscal disaster for New York. The slayer Nikki Wood fights agains...
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21. Blackout
    [broadcasting] In broadcasting, the term blackout refers to the non-airing of television or radio programming in a certain media market. It is particularly prevalent in the broadcasting of sports events, although other television or radio programs may be blacked out as well. A similar term, ...
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22. Blackout
    [game show] ==Gameplay== Two teams, consisting of one celebrity and one contestant each, competed. A sentence with four blanks was shown to the teams. The first team to play had the celebrity record a 20-second description of the word, while the contestant was not allowed to listen. Once the...
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23. Blackout
    Lighting term: switching all lights out at once, leaving the stage in complete darkness. See also DBO.
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24. Blackout
    [Dropkick Murphys album] Blackout is the fourth studio album from Dropkick Murphys, released in 2003. It was released with a DVD, which contained live videos for "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Boys on the Dock", a music video for "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight", and a trailer for their then upcom...
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25. Blackout
    [wartime] A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light. This was done in the 20th century to prevent crews of enemy aircraft from being able to navigate to their target...
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