blackout

coupure de courant, panne d’électricité

Interruption de l’électricité dans une vaste zone, privant les lumières et les appareils de courant.

En anglais simple : A loss of electricity across a large area, leaving lights and electrical equipment without power.

• The blackout left us in darkness.
• We used candles during last night's blackout.
• Storms caused blackouts across the region.

Synonymes : power cut, power outage

Expressions courantes : power blackout, citywide blackout, during a blackout

perte de connaissance, trou de mémoire

Courte période où l’on perd connaissance ou ne se souvient pas de ce qui s’est passé.

En anglais simple : A short period when you lose consciousness or cannot remember what happened.

• He had a brief blackout.
• After the blackout, she could not remember leaving the party.
• The doctor asked whether I had experienced any blackouts.

Synonymes : memory lapse, loss of consciousness

Expressions courantes : have a blackout, alcohol blackout, brief blackout

black-out médiatique, silence médiatique

Période où l’on empêche volontairement les nouvelles ou d’autres informations de parvenir au public.

En anglais simple : A period when news or other information is deliberately prevented from reaching the public.

• The government ordered a news blackout.
• Journalists protested against the media blackout.
• A blackout on trial coverage kept the public uninformed.

Comment l'utiliser : blackout on something (The authorities imposed a blackout on news of the protests.)

Synonymes : news ban, reporting ban

Expressions courantes : media blackout, news blackout, press blackout

black-out numérique, fermeture de protestation

Fermeture temporaire et prévue d’un site ou service en ligne, souvent pour protester.

En anglais simple : A planned temporary closing of a website or online service, often to protest against something.

• The website held a one-day blackout.
• Users saw a protest message during the blackout.
• Several online services joined the blackout against the proposed law.

Synonymes : shutdown

Expressions courantes : website blackout, internet blackout, online blackout