blackout
blackout {n.}
1. The darkening of a city curing an air raid by pulling down all curtains and putting out all street lights.
The city of London went through numerous blackouts during World War II.
2. A cessation of news by the mass media.
There was a total news blackout about the kidnapping of the prime minister.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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