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Dismantle vs Blackout - What's the difference?

dismantle | blackout |

As a verb dismantle

is (originally) to divest, strip of dress or covering.

As a noun blackout is

a temporary loss of consciousness.

dismantle

English

Verb

(dismantl)
  • (originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}

    Derived terms

    * dismantlement

    References

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    blackout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a temporary loss of consciousness
  • a temporary loss of memory
  • a large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers
  • * "The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November. Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.5.
  • the mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings as imposed during World War II
  • Alternative forms

    * black-out

    Synonyms

    * (temporary loss of consciousness) pass out

    Derived terms

    * blackout lamp

    See also

    * brownout * whiteout