blot out

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Verb

blot out - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"obliterate, veil, hide, obscurealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"

blot

noun1. A discolored mark made by smearing:blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain.2. A mark of discredit or disgrace:black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish.Archaic: attaint.Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon.verbTo remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.Also used with out:annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).Law: vacate.phrasal verb
blot outTo destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

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(blot) noun1. a spot or stain (often of ink). an exercise book full of blots. （墨水）污渍，污点 2. something ugly. a blot on the landscape.不雅观的事物 verb – past tense, past participle ˈblotted – 1. to spot or stain, especially with ink. I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.弄上墨渍2. to dry with blotting-paper. Blot your signature before you fold the paper.用吸墨纸吸干ˈblotter noun a pad or sheet of blotting-paper. 吸墨纸ˈblotting-paper noun soft paper used for drying up ink. 吸墨水纸blot one's copybook to make a bad mistake. He has really blotted his copybook by being late for the interview. 失足，犯了很大的错误 blot out to hide from sight. The rain blotted out the view.遮蔽

blot out

1. To cover something so that it cannot be seen or read. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Be sure to blot out all the other names on this list before you put it in the employee's file.2. To prevent something from being noticeable or entering one's awareness. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Your curtains aren't opaque enough to blot out all of the sunlight.3. To avoid thinking about something, often because it is stressful or traumatic. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Many trauma victims try to blot out the horrific things that have happened to them.4. To kill someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Ray blotted out the informant, just as the boss told him to.5. To completely destroy something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." This illness threatens to blot out an entire generation. The fire blotted out all of our belongings.See also: blot, out

blot someone or something out

Fig. to forget someone or something by covering up memories or by trying to forget. I try to blot those bad thoughts out. I tried to blot out those unhappy days.See also: blot, out

blot someone out

Sl. to kill someone. (Originally underworld slang.) Sorry, chum, we got orders to blot you out. The gang blotted out the only living witness before the trial.See also: blot, out

blot something out

to make something invisible by covering it. (See also someone or something out">blot someone or something out.) Don't blot the name out on the application form. Who blotted out the name on this form?See also: blot, out

blot out

Obliterate, wipe out of existence or memory, as in At least one Indian nation was blotted out as the pioneers moved west, or The trauma of the accident blotted out all her memory of recent events. This idiom, first recorded in 1516, uses the verb to blot in the sense of making something illegible by spotting or staining it with ink. The New Testament has it (Acts 3:19): "Repent ye ... that your sins may be blotted out." See also: blot, out

blot someone out

tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) They blotted out the witness before the trial. See also: blot, out, someone

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verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

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