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as in erases
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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as in conceals
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Recent Examples of blots out
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.
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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.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
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.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blots out
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The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
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Custom silicon is a continuous program, not a single release that erases a hardware shortage overnight.
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That statistic should be alarming, given that only about 30% of single-family homes in Chicago have central air, compared with 76% nationwide — an average that conceals a starker reality.
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Paromita, a widowed teacher, conceals her loneliness behind the cover of duty and routine, while Shefali, a working wife, hides her bruises beneath concealer and silence.
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Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
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This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals.
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Below the dash, the center console is simplified with a small panel of control buttons, a wireless phone charge pad, cup holders and an arm rest that hides a bit of storage space.
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Other supplements come in gelatin capsules, made from collagen derived from cow and pig bones and hides, or mixed with dairy binders such as lactose and sodium caseinate.
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
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The study argues that such indirect language obscures a subject’s right to refuse a search and could violate their Fourth Amendment rights.
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The focus on the regime changes inflicted on the Arab world and the Middle East at large obscures the routine violence inflicted on its people.
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This major markdown wipes out the steep premiums on most high-tier gaming displays, allowing e-sports players and media creators to rise through the ranks with a highly fluid, ultra-clear panoramic canvas.
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Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district.
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Julia Gomez is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers space phenomena, scientific studies and natural disasters.
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The partnership covers low-power DRAM (LPDRAM), NOR flash memory, and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) NAND products.
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“Blots out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blots%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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