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Blank Out (Verb)

Be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!".

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

When questioned by police, she blanked out the name of her accomplice.
He completely blanked out on his lines during the play's final performance.
Try as I might, I always seem to blank out on the date of my anniversary.
She stared at me, expecting a response, but I blanked out and couldn't think of anything to say.
When asked about his whereabouts at the time of the incident, he claimed to have blanked out the whole evening.

Cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Several lines in the sensitive document were blanked out to protect classified information.
Specific details in the court transcript were blanked out to ensure the witness's anonymity.
The news agency deliberately decided to blank out the face of the minor in the broadcast.
For security reasons, certain keywords in the email were blanked out by the encryption software.
Some paragraphs in the declassified files were blanked out, as they still contained sensitive information.