Synonyms of blot out

blot out

verb

1

as in to eradicate

to destroy all traces of

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicate
• erase
• abolish
• wipe out
• destroy
• sweep (away)
• stamp (out)
• clean (up)
• obliterate
• cancel
• root (out)
• rub out
• exterminate
• expunge
• annihilate
• liquidate
• efface
• snuff (out)
• black out
• shatter
• extirpate
• demolish
• kill
• tear down
• mow (down)
• ruin
• dismantle
• kill off
• discard
• fragment
• consume
• blow up
• waste
• wreck
• flatten
• powder
• devastate
• ravage
• dissolve
• total
• throw out
• decimate
• finish
• dash
• smash
• ditch
• devour
• eject
• blast
• expel
• terminate
• excise
• raze
• doom
• dynamite
• cut
• pulverize
• splinter
• oust
• zap
• atomize
• jettison

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• save
• preserve
• create
• form
• build
• conserve
• shape
• construct
• make
• manufacture
• frame
• forge
• fabricate
• patch
• restore
• fix
• repair
• rebuild
• renew
• reconstruct
• fashion
• mend
• revamp
• renovate
• recondition

2

as in to hide

to keep secret or shut off from view

bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hide
• conceal
• obscure
• cover
• suppress
• paper over
• mask
• disguise
• curtain
• veil
• cloak
• blanket
• screen
• occult
• block
• shroud
• overshadow
• bury
• cover (up)
• belie
• enshroud
• camouflage
• gloss (over)
• smother
• shade
• varnish
• whitewash
• eclipse
• obstruct
• gild
• overcast
• darken
• cloud
• occlude
• becloud
• bedim
• befog

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• show
• display
• reveal
• disclose
• expose
• bring out
• divulge
• present
• bare
• uncover
• unveil
• get out
• unmask
• clarify
• uncloak
• illuminate
• publish
• spread
• advertise
• broadcast
• proclaim
• publicize
• air

Examples of blot out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Flush with Cold Water Hold the stained fabric under cold running water after blotting out any excess juice. —Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2024

No one story supplants another, no brushstroke blots out the past. —Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024

What is the path of the solar eclipse called? Those in the direct line of the eclipse will be treated to an incredible sight as the moon completely blots out the sun's disk, ushering in uncharacteristic darkness and revealing the sun's elusive outermost layer called the corona. —Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024

Such humanitarian rebranding does not blot out the IRGC’s reputation as the agent of violent repression. —Ali Reza Eshraghi, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2020