blot out

verb

blotted out; blotting out; blots out

transitive verb

1
: to make obscure, insignificant, or inconsequential
2

Examples of blot out in a Sentence

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Where To See The Milky Way In 2025 The collective brightness of up to 400 billion stars may seem easy to see, but the wonderous sight is blotted out by light pollution. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 Going forward, good organizations will calculate how to roster stars that don’t blot out the constellation. Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 19 May 2025 One of the funnels of the great liner blotted out part of the sky, and its stern was high in the air. Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025 Here, what animates the score is not lust that blots out reason or the redemptive power of love. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blot out

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blot out was in 1549

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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

blot out

verb
1
: to make unimportant
2
: to make hard to see or invisible : hide
3
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