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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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as in to hide
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Recent Examples of blot out
In the low 70s when the rest of the state was suffering through a heatwave, and the fog on several occasions rolled in cinematically, the fast wisps preceding a cottony bank that blotted out the sun.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The rare event, where the moon completely blotted out the sun's disk causing a brief period of darkness in the middle of the day, was unusually accessible to millions of people.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The cloud of dust from the impact blotted out the sunlight, causing a dramatic die-off of plants and animals, including the dinosaurs (except for birds).
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The dust spread worldwide, blotting out sunlight and lowering temperatures for years, resulting in mass extinction.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The rare event, where the moon completely blotted out the sun's disk causing a brief period of darkness in the middle of the day, was unusually accessible to millions of people.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The cloud of dust from the impact blotted out the sunlight, causing a dramatic die-off of plants and animals, including the dinosaurs (except for birds).
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The dust spread worldwide, blotting out sunlight and lowering temperatures for years, resulting in mass extinction.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blot out
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Five came from teams that posted losing records, leading to bad tendencies that need to be eradicated as quickly as possible.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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She's violated her oath, eradicated our sovereign border, and unleashed an army of gangs and criminal migrants from prisons and jails.NBC News, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Super Bowl contender hiding in plain sight Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract in early 2019 in what was a record deal at the time.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But Bill Belichick has nothing in particular to offer when journalists ask about coaches hiding the effects of the disease.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Harris erased Trump’s lead over Biden since announcing her candidacy on July 21, though her edge has decreased over the past two months, peaking at 3.7 points in late August, according to FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the therapy cannot erase the genetic predisposition many patients have for the disease, says Donald Thomas, a rheumatologist in Maryland.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The document, filed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, has been redacted to conceal plot and character details about The Pitt, which is yet to be released.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Some are concealing their autism and dealing with the resulting feelings of isolation, while others thrive in the communities and support structures around them.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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States like Alaska, Maryland, New Hampshire, and Vermont have already abolished Section 14(c), proving that a fair and equitable labor market for Disabled workers is possible.Keely Cat-Wells, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) abolished term limits for its top executives.Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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But this focus on labor obscures the fact that slavery also represented enormous wealth that was extraordinarily liquid: an enslaved person represented cash that could be forced to work, forced to breed, forced to relocate.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Nov. 2024
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The crowd trickled back to their cars, deep time obscured by darkness.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Consider the original 18-to-20-inch base moldings in the living room, an element the client had first fallen in love with but that were all but wiped out.Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
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The plague ultimately wiped out about half of the city’s population and devastated its art scene.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Those forests cover the Front Range from just south of Interstate 70 to the Wyoming border.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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One of our colleagues who lives north of the park says that, this morning, the cars parked on her block were covered in a fine layer of sooty ash.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blot%20out. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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