What is "whiting out"

Usage examples of "whiting out".

Flicker imaged, whiting out the world except the trail in front of them, as if they were nowhere in the universe but this small patch that was real.

For Miles the pain pulsed in and out, at one moment detached and distant, the next flooding his body and whiting out his mind like a burst of static.

The second missile vaporized in a bright flash, the camera whiting out a moment from the light.

It blazed up instantly, whiting out the heavens overhead with its glare, turning the windows of the towers to sheets of white fire, washing all color out of the world and leaving only stark white light and black shadow.

Then one volcanic eruption of fire and light blew the entire ship apart, whiting out one half of the split window.

My hand was cramped a little from painting in those numbers up there, whiting out those canvases.

Heart bumping, she rubbed her hands over the gooseflesh on her arms and stared at familiar walls that the glare turned strange, whiting out shadows, bringing cracks and stains into startling prominence.

And the pod was still running, the mag-levs whiting out anything but the loudest sounds.

Lightning flashed overhead, whiting out detail, glancing off the puddle.