Definitions
lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
Word origin
Deverbal from white out.
Used in a sentence
“A whiteout can best be described as a paradoxical combination of being partially blind, but also being able to see illusions of things. It is like floundering in a sea of cotton; everything looks blurred and white.”
“Despite the media whiteout, we believe our weapon flashing had communicated the important political message that the nuclear mentality and the masculine mentality are intimately connected.”
“The slightest reference to national security is accepted as excuse enough for a news whiteout.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Snowstorm visibility loss”8 letters
02“Blizzard blindness”8 letters
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