1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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as in to hide
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Recent Examples of blot out
Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
In the story, sunlight reaching Earth begins to weaken as Astrophage, a type of mysterious microorganism that travels through space and lives on or near the surface of stars, begins to blot out a significant amount of light from the Sun.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
Is the army coming, blotting out the sun?
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
In the story, sunlight reaching Earth begins to weaken as Astrophage, a type of mysterious microorganism that travels through space and lives on or near the surface of stars, begins to blot out a significant amount of light from the Sun.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
Is the army coming, blotting out the sun?
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for blot out
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Incomplete or inappropriate antibiotic courses amplify this effect by exposing bacteria to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations without eradicating them.
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Building new sterile fly production facilities in the Southwest helped eradicate the flies in that region too, and by 1966, the US was declared officially screwworm-free.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Stealth jurors — those who hide their true biases to influence a verdict — could pose a serious problem for prosecutors in either of Mangione's cases, Rahmani said.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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The defendants and their co-conspirators—which included tax, accounting and financial industry professionals, and law firms—worked to design, implement and defend the tax shelter transactions in ways intended to conceal the true facts and circumstances of the transactions from the IRS.
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One of the defendants, Daniel Sanchez Estrada, was convicted of corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal documents.
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Avila Chevalier survived a deluge of attacks for previous social media posts that called for abolishing the police and prisons.
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Earlier this month, the bloc also released more information about its own plans for abolishing its de minimis exemption on June 30.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone.
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Abram Mashabela, an operational site manager for Aurum Institute, told Semafor the total withdrawal will all but wipe out the NGO’s capabilities in the province.
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Madeline Mitchell's role covering women and the caregiving economy at USA TODAY is supported by a partnership with Pivotal and Journalism Funding Partners.
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Video showed people running and several areas inside the airport covered in rubble and dust, with damaged ceilings.
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blot%20out. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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