Synonyms of blots out

blots out

verb

present tense third-person singular of blot out

1

as in erases

to destroy all traces of

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erases
• eradicates
• abolishes
• wipes out
• destroys
• stamps (out)
• roots (out)
• sweeps (away)
• blacks out
• cleans (up)
• obliterates
• rubs out
• snuffs (out)
• effaces
• cancels
• annihilates
• shatters
• liquidates
• extirpates
• expunges
• demolishes
• ravages
• exterminates
• mows (down)
• kills
• ruins
• dismantles
• discards
• consumes
• tears down
• flattens
• kills off
• devastates
• wastes
• fragments
• wrecks
• totals
• blows up
• dissolves
• throws out
• dashes
• smashes
• finishes
• decimates
• devours
• ejects
• ditches
• terminates
• powders
• atomizes
• pulverizes
• blasts
• expels
• dooms
• razes
• excises
• splinters
• zaps
• cuts
• dynamites
• ousts
• jettisons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• saves
• preserves
• creates
• builds
• forms
• shapes
• conserves
• manufactures
• makes
• constructs
• frames
• repairs
• fashions
• forges
• restores
• fixes
• renews
• reconstructs
• fabricates
• rebuilds
• patches
• revamps
• reconditions
• renovates
• mends

2

as in conceals

to keep secret or shut off from view

bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conceals
• hides
• obscures
• covers
• suppresses
• papers over
• masks
• disguises
• curtains
• blankets
• cloaks
• covers (up)
• enshrouds
• blocks
• belies
• veils
• screens
• overshadows
• shrouds
• occults
• buries
• glosses (over)
• camouflages
• smothers
• overcasts
• shades
• gilds
• varnishes
• darkens
• eclipses
• obstructs
• occludes
• clouds
• beclouds
• bedims
• whitewashes
• befogs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• shows
• displays
• brings out
• discloses
• exposes
• presents
• uncovers
• divulges
• unveils
• unmasks
• bares
• clarifies
• uncloaks
• gets out
• illuminates
• publishes
• proclaims
• advertises
• spreads
• broadcasts
• airs
• publicizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blots out

Using sine wave generators and pink lighting so saturated it essentially blots out all other color and shadow, Young and Zazeela created a space that’s somehow both static and full of life. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

The phenomenon, where smoke blots out the blue sky overhead, making the air appear milky-white or even orange, has become a relatively regular fixture of summers where out-of-control wildfires in the West bring noxious smoke downwind. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 July 2026

Extragalactic astronomers refer to a region behind our Milky Way as the 'Zone of Avoidance' because dust between our galaxy's stars blots out, or deeply reddens, light from more distant galaxies behind it. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026

Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026