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To make black, to blacken
“This stuff doesn't just black the buildings, it also causes asthma!”
(rare) To injure or bruise
“I would black my eye after a run-in with a thug.”
To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute
“The union would black its music programs for ten weeks in protest.”
Plural for a place or time with a partial or total absence of light
“We stumbled through the open fields during the black of night.”
Plural for a person with African lineage
“Homer laughs to himself as he watches a stand-up comic on television describe how a black would drive a car compared to a white.”
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