Synonyms of blacking out

blacking out

verb

present participle of black out

1

as in eradicating

to destroy all traces of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicating
• erasing
• sweeping (away)
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• abolishing
• cleaning (up)
• rooting (out)
• blotting out
• destroying
• cancelling
• snuffing (out)
• rubbing out
• exterminating
• obliterating
• canceling
• expunging
• tearing down
• shattering
• liquidating
• annihilating
• effacing
• mowing (down)
• demolishing
• extirpating
• killing
• killing off
• blowing up
• dismantling
• devastating
• ravaging
• ruining
• discarding
• totalling
• consuming
• flattening
• wrecking
• wasting
• decimating
• throwing out
• totaling
• dashing
• smashing
• dissolving
• finishing
• razing
• splintering
• devouring
• fragmenting
• ejecting
• dynamiting
• pulverizing
• blasting
• expelling
• atomizing
• powdering
• terminating
• ditching
• jettisoning
• excising
• ousting
• zapping
• cutting
• dooming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• creating
• conserving
• building
• manufacturing
• forming
• constructing
• making
• shaping
• forging
• framing
• fixing
• repairing
• restoring
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• fabricating
• renewing
• fashioning
• patching
• reconditioning
• renovating
• revamping
• mending

2

as in darkening

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

• darkening
• closing in
• dusking
• fading
• blackening
• dimming
• waning
• louring
• lowering
• glooming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lighting
• shining
• lightening
• glowing
• brightening
• radiating
• dawning
• beaming

3

as in fainting

to lose consciousness

blacked out after hitting her head on the beam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fainting
• passing out
• keeling (over)
• collapsing
• conking (out)
• swooning
• breaking down
• zonking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming to
• coming around
• reviving
• coming round