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单词 blot out
释义

blot out

verb

blotted out; blotting out; blots out

transitive verb

1
: to make obscure, insignificant, or inconsequential
2
: wipe out, destroy

Synonyms

  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • black out
  • cancel
  • clean (up)
  • efface
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extirpate
  • liquidate
  • obliterate
  • root (out)
  • rub out
  • snuff (out)
  • stamp (out)
  • sweep (away)
  • wipe out
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Example Sentences

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1

blot out

verb

1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eradicate
  • erase
  • wipe out
  • abolish
  • destroy
  • rub out
  • black out
  • obliterate
  • sweep (away)
  • stamp (out)
  • expunge
  • extirpate
  • annihilate
  • exterminate
  • cancel
  • efface
  • liquidate
  • snuff (out)
  • tear down
  • clean (up)
  • kill off
  • shatter
  • root (out)
  • demolish
  • ruin
  • kill
  • mow (down)
  • ravage
  • blow up
  • dismantle
  • discard
  • waste
  • decimate
  • wreck
  • fragment
  • throw out
  • total
  • flatten
  • devastate
  • consume
  • powder
  • dynamite
  • dissolve
  • dash
  • splinter
  • smash
  • raze
  • finish
  • zap
  • ditch
  • blast
  • pulverize
  • eject
  • excise
  • doom
  • devour
  • atomize
  • expel
  • jettison
  • terminate
  • cut
  • oust

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • protect
  • save
  • preserve
  • form
  • build
  • create
  • shape
  • conserve
  • construct
  • make
  • manufacture
  • frame
  • fix
  • patch
  • forge
  • repair
  • rebuild
  • restore
  • fabricate
  • renew
  • reconstruct
  • fashion
  • revamp
  • renovate
  • mend
  • recondition
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2
as in to hide
to keep secret or shut off from view bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hide
  • obscure
  • conceal
  • cover
  • paper over
  • mask
  • suppress
  • disguise
  • curtain
  • cloak
  • blanket
  • veil
  • screen
  • occult
  • block
  • shroud
  • bury
  • overshadow
  • enshroud
  • camouflage
  • belie
  • shade
  • varnish
  • gloss (over)
  • smother
  • cover (up)
  • eclipse
  • whitewash
  • cloud
  • gild
  • overcast
  • obstruct
  • darken
  • occlude
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • show
  • display
  • bring out
  • reveal
  • disclose
  • expose
  • divulge
  • present
  • bare
  • uncover
  • unveil
  • clarify
  • unmask
  • uncloak
  • illuminate
  • publish
  • advertise
  • spread
  • broadcast
  • proclaim
  • get out
  • publicize
  • air
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