BLOTS OUT Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

blots out

verb

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present tense third-person singular of blot out

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. —

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

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Leclerc cuts the chicane, but which point the chasing George Russell fully erases the 14-second gap Leclerc had when the lap commenced.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Through innovative features, quality materials, and high design, the Rocket proved to be an impressively responsive, multi-functional tool that erases nearly all the friction associated with tripods and heavy gear.

— Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026