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Antonyms for blot out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : blot |
Phonetic Transcription : blɒt |
- accept
- add
- admit
- aid
- allow
- approve
- arrange
- assist
- bare
- bear
- begin
- brighten
- build
- build up
- choose
- clear
- clear up
- compliment
- construct
- continue
- create
- dirty
- disclose
- disregard
- divulge
- do
- employ
- enact
- encourage
- enforce
- engage
- establish
- exhibit
- explain
- expose
- fall behind
- fasten
- fix
- give birth
- grow
- guard
- heal
- heat
- help
- hire
- hold
- ignore
- imbalance
- improve
- include
- initiate
- insert
- inspirit
- institute
- keep
- lay bare
- lay out
- leave alone
- legalize
- let go
- let out
- light
- lighten
- lose
- mend
- open
- pass
- permit
- place
- plant
- praise
- preserve
- protect
- put in
- ratify
- release
- remain
- repair
- restore
- retain
- revalidate
- reveal
- revive
- sanction
- save
- schedule
- set up
- settle
- show
- sow
- start
- stay
- strengthen
- support
- surrender
- take in
- tell
- tip
- uncompress
- uncover
- unmask
- unwrinkle
- uphold
- validate
- warm
- welcome
- yield
Definition of blot out
Origin :- late 14c., originally "blemish," perhaps from Old Norse blettr "blot, stain," or from Old French blot, variant of bloc "block," or blestre "blister, lump, clump of earth."
- As in murder : verb kill
- As in obliterate : verb destroy
- As in remove : verb do away with; kill
- As in stamp out : verb put an end to
- As in uproot : verb destroy; rip out of a place
- As in wipe out : verb destroy; get rid of
- As in bump off : verb intentionally murder someone
- As in cancel : verb call off; erase
- As in stash : verb hide
- As in crush : verb defeating soundly
- As in delete : verb erase, remove
- As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
- As in eclipse : verb obscure, veil
- As in efface : verb erase
- As in eliminate : verb remove, throw out
- As in eradicate : verb destroy; remove
- As in excise : verb remove, delete
- As in expunge : verb destroy, obliterate
- As in exterminate : verb kill
- As in extinguish : verb put out a fire
- As in extinguish : verb kill; quash
- As in extirpate : verb destroy; uproot
- As in annihilate : verb destroy completely
- As in annul : verb void an agreement
- As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen
- Blot out the memory of this world, and what would heaven or hell be to us?
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- She pressed a hand to her eyes, as if to blot out the image of Stephen.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- There was a futile longing in his soul for oblivion to blot out his misery.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Tears came to blot out her misery; she could not stay their fall.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- Like him, we are not required to blot out the remembrance of the past.
- Extract from : « Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn » by George Tybout Purves
- He shut his eyes, as if by shutting them he could blot out the pictures of his imagination.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- But I wish to Heaven I could blot out these two years as though they had never been.
- Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
- But there it was, staring him in the face, and he could not blot out the memory of it.
- Extract from : « Little Folks (November 1884) » by Various
- She could not blot out the past, nor undo what she had done.
- Extract from : « "Run To Seed" » by Thomas Nelson Page
- Christmas, Dec. 25, 1872, is a day in my memory which time cannot blot out.
- Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Nat Love » by Nat Love
Synonyms for blot out
- abate
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- adumbrate
- amputate
- annihilate
- annul
- asphyxiate
- assassinate
- ax
- axe
- bear down
- beat
- becloud
- bedim
- behead
- black
- black out
- bleep
- blot out
- blow away
- blow out
- blue pencil
- blue-pencil
- bog
- break
- break down
- break off
- bump off
- bury
- butcher
- cache
- call all bets off
- call off
- camouflage
- cancel
- cast out
- check
- chill
- choke
- clean
- clean up
- clear away
- cloak
- cloud
- conceal
- conquer
- consume
- cool
- count out
- countermand
- cover
- cream
- cross out
- crush
- curtain
- cut
- cut off
- cut out
- cut up
- damage
- darken
- decapitate
- decimate
- declare
- decontaminate
- deep-six
- deface
- defeat
- delete
- demolish
- deracinate
- desolate
- despoil
- destroy
- dig up
- dim
- discard
- discharge
- disguise
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dispatch
- dispense with
- displace
- dispose of
- disqualify
- disregard
- dissemble
- dissolve
- ditch
- do away with
- do in
- douse
- drag
- drag down
- drive out
- drop
- drown
- drub
- duck
- dust
- dust off
- eclipse
- edit
- efface
- eject
- electrocute
- elide
- eliminate
- end
- ensconce
- eradicate
- erase
- evict
- excavate
- excise
- exclude
- execute
- exile
- expel
- expunge
- exscind
- exsect
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- extract
- fade
- finish
- finish off
- force down
- garotte
- get off the hook
- get rid of
- go back on one's word
- go into hiding
- go underground
- grease
- guillotine
- gut
- hang
- harbor
- hit
- hold back
- hole up
- hush up
- ice
- ignore
- impair
- invalidate
- kayo
- keep from
- keep secret
- kill
- knife
- knock off
- knock out
- KO
- launder
- lay waste
- leave out
- level
- lie low
- liquidate
- lock up
- lop off
- lynch
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- maraud
- mark out
- mask
- massacre
- misuse
- move
- mow down
- murder
- murk
- mutilate
- negate
- neutralize
- nix
- not give away
- not tell
- nuke
- nullify
- obliterate
- obscure
- occult
- off
- omit
- oust
- out
- overcome
- overpower
- overshadow
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pass up
- phase out
- plant
- polish off
- protect
- pull up
- purge
- put an end to
- put away
- put down
- put out
- put out of the way
- put the lid on
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- quench
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- recall
- reduce
- reject
- remove
- render invalid
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- resect
- reserve
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- root out
- rub
- rub off
- rub out
- ruin
- rule out
- sabotage
- salt away
- sanitize
- scissor out
- scratch
- scratch out
- screen
- scrub
- secrete
- send to kingdom come
- set aside
- shadow
- shatter
- shelter
- shield
- shoot
- shoot down
- shroud
- shut the door on
- sink
- slash
- slaughter
- slay
- smash
- smother
- smuggle
- snip
- snuff
- snuff out
- spoil
- spoliate
- squash
- squelch
- squirrel
- stamp across
- stamp out
- stash
- sterilize
- stifle
- stop
- stow away
- strangle
- stretch out
- strike
- strike out
- subdue
- subjugate
- suffocate
- suppress
- swallow up
- take a life
- take apart
- take cover
- take down
- take for a ride
- take out
- tear down
- tear up
- terminate
- thrash
- torpedo
- total
- trample
- trash
- trim
- tuck away
- undo
- unroot
- uproot
- vacate
- vanquish
- vaporize
- veil
- vitiate
- waive
- wash out
- waste
- wax
- weed
- weed out
- whack
- white out
- wipe off face of earth
- wipe out
- wipe slate clean
- withhold
- wrack
- wreck
- X out
- X-out
- zap
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