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单词 blotting 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

blotting out

verb

present participle of blot out
1
as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eradicating
  • erasing
  • wiping out
  • blacking out
  • abolishing
  • rubbing out
  • stamping (out)
  • destroying
  • sweeping (away)
  • rooting (out)
  • snuffing (out)
  • cleaning (up)
  • tearing down
  • obliterating
  • exterminating
  • extirpating
  • expunging
  • effacing
  • annihilating
  • shattering
  • canceling
  • liquidating
  • demolishing
  • killing off
  • cancelling
  • blowing up
  • killing
  • mowing (down)
  • ravaging
  • dismantling
  • devastating
  • throwing out
  • ruining
  • discarding
  • decimating
  • consuming
  • flattening
  • wrecking
  • wasting
  • totaling
  • smashing
  • razing
  • finishing
  • dashing
  • dissolving
  • splintering
  • fragmenting
  • pulverizing
  • dynamiting
  • ejecting
  • devouring
  • atomizing
  • blasting
  • powdering
  • zapping
  • totalling
  • expelling
  • jettisoning
  • terminating
  • ditching
  • excising
  • dooming
  • cutting
  • ousting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • protecting
  • saving
  • preserving
  • creating
  • building
  • forming
  • conserving
  • constructing
  • manufacturing
  • shaping
  • making
  • framing
  • fixing
  • forging
  • repairing
  • rebuilding
  • restoring
  • reconstructing
  • fabricating
  • renewing
  • revamping
  • patching
  • reconditioning
  • fashioning
  • renovating
  • mending
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2
as in hiding
to keep secret or shut off from view bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hiding
  • concealing
  • obscuring
  • papering over
  • covering
  • suppressing
  • masking
  • disguising
  • screening
  • curtaining
  • occulting
  • cloaking
  • veiling
  • enshrouding
  • blanketing
  • shrouding
  • blocking
  • overshadowing
  • covering (up)
  • belying
  • burying
  • camouflaging
  • glossing (over)
  • shading
  • smothering
  • varnishing
  • befogging
  • gilding
  • whitewashing
  • bedimming
  • eclipsing
  • darkening
  • obstructing
  • overcasting
  • occluding
  • beclouding
  • clouding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bringing out
  • showing
  • displaying
  • disclosing
  • revealing
  • exposing
  • baring
  • presenting
  • uncovering
  • divulging
  • unveiling
  • getting out
  • unmasking
  • clarifying
  • uncloaking
  • illuminating
  • publishing
  • advertising
  • broadcasting
  • spreading
  • proclaiming
  • airing
  • publicizing
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