darkened

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of darken

adj

1. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
2. Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
   Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely. January 12 2022, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42