whiteout

noun

1. 1

   A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.

2. 2

   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

   Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).

4. 4

   A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.

5. 5

   The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.

6. 6

   The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.

7. 7

   The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white men.