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

Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Now, fireflies have become scarce, the July nights have grown too hot for comfort, and the summer skies are often blotted out by smoke. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

The sight of the sun being blotted out has long had religious and spiritual meaning. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Ancient caravan routes are now mere remnants, quickly blotted out by the path of red trucks. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

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

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