whiteout

noun7

1. •
   A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
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. •
   Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
4. •
   (slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
5. •
   The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.

   • 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. — 1986
6. •
   The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people.

   • While it represented a symbolic break from the “whiteout” on the US presidency, it was also, obviously, the most racialized campaign in American history. — 2012
7. •
   The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.