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单词 blots 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

blots out

verb

present tense third-person singular of blot out
1
as in eradicates
to destroy all traces of blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eradicates
  • erases
  • wipes out
  • abolishes
  • rubs out
  • blacks out
  • destroys
  • obliterates
  • extirpates
  • expunges
  • effaces
  • exterminates
  • cancels
  • annihilates
  • stamps (out)
  • shatters
  • cleans (up)
  • sweeps (away)
  • tears down
  • roots (out)
  • liquidates
  • snuffs (out)
  • ruins
  • demolishes
  • ravages
  • kills
  • mows (down)
  • fragments
  • dismantles
  • wastes
  • kills off
  • discards
  • consumes
  • wrecks
  • decimates
  • flattens
  • totals
  • throws out
  • devastates
  • blows up
  • dissolves
  • splinters
  • powders
  • dashes
  • razes
  • finishes
  • smashes
  • ditches
  • blasts
  • dynamites
  • zaps
  • ejects
  • atomizes
  • devours
  • pulverizes
  • excises
  • terminates
  • expels
  • dooms
  • jettisons
  • cuts
  • ousts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • protects
  • saves
  • preserves
  • creates
  • builds
  • shapes
  • forms
  • constructs
  • manufactures
  • makes
  • conserves
  • frames
  • repairs
  • fashions
  • fixes
  • renews
  • restores
  • forges
  • reconstructs
  • rebuilds
  • patches
  • fabricates
  • revamps
  • reconditions
  • renovates
  • mends
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2
as in hides
to keep secret or shut off from view bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hides
  • conceals
  • obscures
  • covers
  • papers over
  • masks
  • disguises
  • suppresses
  • curtains
  • cloaks
  • blankets
  • screens
  • occults
  • enshrouds
  • blocks
  • veils
  • shrouds
  • overshadows
  • belies
  • overcasts
  • buries
  • covers (up)
  • camouflages
  • shades
  • glosses (over)
  • smothers
  • varnishes
  • eclipses
  • gilds
  • clouds
  • bedims
  • whitewashes
  • darkens
  • occludes
  • beclouds
  • obstructs
  • befogs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brings out
  • reveals
  • displays
  • shows
  • discloses
  • exposes
  • presents
  • divulges
  • uncovers
  • unveils
  • unmasks
  • bares
  • gets out
  • clarifies
  • uncloaks
  • illuminates
  • publishes
  • proclaims
  • advertises
  • spreads
  • broadcasts
  • publicizes
  • airs
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