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1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) mørklegging, blending2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) sendeforbud3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) blackout, jernteppe4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.) jernteppe5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.) strømbrudd6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) slokking av scenebelysningsubst. \/ˈblækaʊt\/1) ( medisin) blackout, midlertidig bevisstløshet, midlertidig tap av syn, jernteppe, midlertidig hukommelsestap2) ( også overført) mørklegging3) strømavbrudd4) ( radio) forstyrrelse(r), brudd i sendingen5) ( teater) slukking av scenelyset6) ( sport) forklaring: lokal-TV får ikke vise en lokal kamp hvis ikke kampen er utsolgtmental blackout jernteppe, hukommelsestap
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