Synonyms of blotted out

blotted out

verb

past tense of blot out

1

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicated
• erased
• abolished
• wiped out
• stamped (out)
• destroyed
• rooted (out)
• swept (away)
• cleaned (up)
• obliterated
• canceled
• exterminated
• liquidated
• blacked out
• expunged
• annihilated
• rubbed out
• shattered
• effaced
• snuffed (out)
• demolished
• extirpated
• killed
• ruined
• dismantled
• discarded
• ravaged
• decimated
• consumed
• flattened
• devastated
• tore down
• wrecked
• mowed (down)
• wasted
• blew up
• dissolved
• killed off
• razed
• smashed
• finished
• dashed
• powdered
• fragmented
• pulverized
• doomed
• totaled
• ejected
• devoured
• splintered
• expelled
• threw out
• blasted
• terminated
• atomized
• excised
• cut
• ousted
• jettisoned
• zapped
• dynamited
• ditched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• saved
• preserved
• created
• built
• constructed
• shaped
• made
• formed
• manufactured
• fabricated
• framed
• forged
• fashioned
• conserved
• fixed
• restored
• renewed
• repaired
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• renovated
• revamped
• patched
• reconditioned
• mended

2

as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view

bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealed
• hid
• obscured
• covered
• suppressed
• disguised
• masked
• papered over
• cloaked
• veiled
• covered (up)
• blanketed
• enshrouded
• shrouded
• screened
• curtained
• overshadowed
• blocked
• buried
• belied
• glossed (over)
• occulted
• camouflaged
• smothered
• shaded
• whitewashed
• varnished
• darkened
• gilded
• eclipsed
• obstructed
• clouded
• overcast
• occluded
• beclouded
• bedimmed
• befogged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• displayed
• disclosed
• revealed
• showed
• brought out
• presented
• uncovered
• unveiled
• divulged
• bared
• unmasked
• published
• got out
• clarified
• uncloaked
• illuminated
• spread
• advertised
• proclaimed
• broadcast
• publicized
• aired

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blotted out

Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026

During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026

News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness. — Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025

Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025

Childhood photos are also here, bearing the red time stamp from the 1990s and family members whose faces have been blotted out. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025

By then, the fire had burned more than a thousand acres, and the winds were starting to whip; smoke blotted out the setting sun, and the power in the area was down. — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025