1
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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2
as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Recent Examples of blotted out
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotted out
Verb
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The New World screwworm was successfully eradicated from the United States in 1966.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Lead poisoning, all but eradicated in the West, still harms millions of children in the developing world, with lead-acid battery recycling a key culprit.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nothing vague or erased by memory here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Trump is determined to ensure he cannot be as easily erased from history as a statue of a Confederate leader.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Oct. 2025
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The New York Times and other outlets previously reported that Cuomo’s team obscured the full toll during the height of the crisis.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Year by year, the propaganda at her school grew more aggressive and all-encompassing, and after Ukrainian classes were abolished, Mariya’s ability to speak the language faded.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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France abolished the monarchy and declared a republic in 1792 during the French Revolution, and soon after, executed King Louis XVI by guillotine on charges of high treason.—
John Toher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Smart-casual works almost everywhere, but dress modestly (elbows, knees covered) in heritage spots.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The President praised the speed with which this modest protest was suppressed.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Blotted out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotted%20out. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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