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Synonyms for blotted out


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : blot
Phonetic Transcription : blɒt

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Définition of blotted out

Origin :
  • mid-15c., verbal noun from blot (v.). Blotting paper is recorded from 1510s.
  • As in obliterated : adj eliminated
  • As in forgotten : adj out of one's mind
  • 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
Example sentences :
  • While he had been speaking, the onrush of the storm had blotted out the moon.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I watched till daylight blotted out the yellow glare of the lanterns.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The tears rose to her eyes, and the glare and noise and the tumult were blotted out.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • For one fractional part of a second the stars and skies were blotted out.
  • Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • There is no God, and from that moment my face was blotted out.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • The stars that had been shining through the window were blotted out with smoke.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The shining sea was blotted out from the boy's eyes by tears.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • His words were drowned in a resounding crash that blotted out all other sounds.
  • Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
  • The whistler and Razee Reef had been blotted out by the fog.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • It was a cloud-mass that blotted out the sunlight and the day.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

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