1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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2
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
Going forward, good organizations will calculate how to roster stars that don’t blot out the constellation.
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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
Step 6: Dry With Towels and Groom Speed up the drying time by using old towels to blot out excess water.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
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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
Step 6: Dry With Towels and Groom Speed up the drying time by using old towels to blot out excess water.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blot out
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The fest was especially significant this year — the 50th anniversary of resettlement in the U.S. by refugees emanating from the Vietnam War, the Secret War in Laos and the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia that attempted to eradicate artists, intellectuals and cultural bearers from society.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Measles was eradicated in the United States 25 years ago.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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But these unremarkable principles hide a dramatic shift in the relationship between science and government.—
David Michaels,
The Atlantic,
20 July 2025
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But unlike other technologies, AI doesn’t hide its default bias.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Kurt's key takeaways The AI tattoo machine isn't here to erase tradition.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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And the push to exclude non-citizens from the next count is unconstitutional, deeply un-American and designed to erase entire communities.—
Genesis Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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Speculation online has included allegations that the federal government was concealing information to shield powerful and prominent figures who were allegedly named in case records.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Meanwhile, her makeup turned more matte with concealed under eyes like at The Blonds Fall 2014 show.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
11 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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But this fake overlay simply obscures the app as it is being attacked in the background.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Infrared imaging can see in the dark, but the picture is typically low-resolution and grainy, and can obscure key shapes.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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The concurrent blazes killed 30 people and destroyed more than 16,200 buildings – compared to 85 and 18,800 for the Camp inferno, which wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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Luxury companies have been hit hard in recent months by President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff plans that threaten to wipe out a bounce back in U.S. consumer spending.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
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Jackson nursed him back to health by covering his feet with a medicated balm and became acutely aware of the need to protect her pets from the hot summer sun and heatwaves.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Raise salaries, diminish contractual obligations to teach, include the expenses of laboratory instruction and add the depreciation of expensive buildings — all factors in the sciences — and tuition becomes wholly inadequate to cover even the cost of instruction.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blot%20out. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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