"pitch black" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 33:",
          "text": "\"When you think about it, who wants to drive 300 tonnes of steel at 125mph in the pitch black at four o'clock in the morning?\" Whelan says this with a wry smile, however, recognising that these are exactly the sort of things that train drivers love about their jobs.",
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  "word": "pitch black"
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      "form": "more pitch black",
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    },
    {
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