Blackout and Set

Blackout

Blackout noun - A temporary state of unconsciousness.

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Set and blackout are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Blackout".

Nearby Words: black, blacking

Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Blackout and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blackout" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

full	full blackout	full set
best	best blackout	best set
normal	normal blackout	normal set
short	short blackout	short set
Other adjectives: complete, initial, small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, great, huge, next.

Spike Lee's Summer of Sam is set in the summer of 1977, and includes that year's notorious blackout in New York.

Source: Big Blackout
Mad About You: One episode had Paul inadvertently causing a citywide blackout in New York; as part of a "Blackout Thursday" crossover gimmick on NBC that week, several other set-in-NYC sitcoms on that same night (most notably Friends) featured blackout stories.

Source: Big Blackout
Hype Backlash is starting to set in, especially when one ill-advised poster compared the news blackout to a Nazi regime.

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