noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , pitch , total , utter
▪
The building was in pitch ~.
▪ deep , inky
▪
the inky ~ of the tunnel
▪ gathering , growing
▪
It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering ~.
VERB + DARKNESS
▪ be plunged into
▪
The electricity failed and the house was plunged into ~.
▪ lie in , stand in
▪
The valley lay in ~.
▪ penetrate , pierce
DARKNESS + VERB
▪ close in , come , descend , fall
▪
We arrived at the town just as ~ fell.
▪ envelop sb/sth , surround sb/sth
▪ swallow sb/sth
▪
The room was swallowed by ~.
▪ lift
▪
We waited for the ~ to lift.
PREPOSITION
▪ in (the) ~
▪
The building was in ~.
▪
Her eyes seemed to glow in the ~.
▪ into the ~
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The car disappeared into the ~.
▪ out of the ~
▪
A figure appeared out of the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the hours of ~
▪
The bombing took place during the hours of ~.
▪ under cover of ~
▪
They moved from place to place under cover of ~.