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Like Lights In A Blackout

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verb

• put out, as of a candle or a light

• wet thoroughly

• dip into a liquid

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• lower quickly

• slacken

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

28%13 Fairy lights and string lights
noun

• a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

• the degree of visibility of your environment

• an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

• the luminous flux incident on a unit area

• painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

26%8A censorship blackout, as during wartime
noun

• a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

• darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

• the failure of electric power for a general region

• a momentary loss of consciousness

• partial or total loss of memory

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New York Times25 Jul 1980 Across 11
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