Thesaurus results for BLIP

blip

verb

Definition of blip

as in to clip

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Recent Examples of blip Once upon a time, this decision would have been an 11th hour save—but in 2025 markets barely blipped. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025 Chen’s set, interweaved throughout several episodes, goes fine — it’s hit and miss (there are also probably some translation blips that disservice the wording). — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025 Luckily, Nan finds the correct disk just in time to save the crew from getting blipped from existence, and Walton gets the fatal-content-error screen that indicates the game has been deleted from the server entirely. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 The radar blips were satellites; the alert was a false alarm. — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blip

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Verb

In March, Woods was traveling at a high rate of speed on Jupiter Island when his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
In March, Woods' Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the legendary golfer was arrested, officials said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of clip

Verb

The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Definition of wipe out

Verb

But Bama followed with a 38-3 quarterfinal flop to Indiana, erasing any momentum and placing DeBoer squarely under the microscope entering a pivotal third season.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
The 68-year-old also lost her husband and her son, who worked at a local hydropower plant, in the flash floods that hit the region on Wednesday, erasing entire communities.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of erase

Verb

The 2026 awards show censors failed to completely bleep out an F-bomb during Sunday's live show.

— Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
The club thought Beane was righteous and entertaining enough to feature his rant — that the Bills even had to bleep — at the very beginning of their behind-the-scenes draft special.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

Definition of bleep

Verb

More than 1,000 people are dead and nearly 4,000 missing after a Himalayan glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic floods across the Nepal-China border, obliterating roads, towns and hydropower projects.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Travel obliterates almost all our comforting routines and habits.

— Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of obliterate

Verb

The cores or plugs removed from the lawn during aeration actually increase the success of overseeding by providing more direct contact between the seeds and the soil.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
If coverings could not be removed, visitors would be charged for a day pass or a pass replacement.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of blot out

Verb

For decades, deer had populated Santa Rosa Island, but they were eradicated from the island at the end of 2011 to restore its native ecosystem and protect its natural vegetation.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Within a year of its onset, the economic depression practically eradicated the need to mint any new coinage for months.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicate

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