whiteout

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
2. 2
   noun 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.
3. 3
   noun Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
4. 4
   noun A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
5. 5
   noun The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
6. 6
   noun The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
7. 7
   noun The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white men.