Black out
Black out verb - To grow dark.
Usage example: with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital
Both terms in one sentence
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Happens near the beginning of BioShock—after getting the Electrobolt plasmid, you black out, fall over a railing and fade in and out of consciousness in time to see first a pair of Splicers and then a Little Sister and her companion about to try to harvest you.
Source: Impairment Shot
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