blanking

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English

Definitions

verb

To make void; to erase.“I blanked out my previous entry.”
To ignore (a person) deliberately.“She blanked me for no reason.”
To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.“England blanks Wales to advance to the final.”
To become blank.

noun

An instance of something being blanked out.
A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.

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Synonyms

dummy empty uncommunicative space incommunicative clean unloaded white lacuna blank shell interdiction blocking stopping interception shutter knockout

Rhymes

ranking spanking yanking thanking clanking outflanking banking planking franking cranking

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