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WHITEOUT
whiteout
(noun) an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
whiteout, white-out
(verb) lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
whiteout, white out
(verb) cover up with a liquid correction fluid; “white-out the typo”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whiteout (countable and uncountable, plural whiteouts)
A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
(sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
(computing) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white men.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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