blotted out

verb

Definition of blotted outnext
past tense of blot out
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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  1. concealed
  2. erased
  3. obscured
  4. abolished
  5. covered
  6. suppressed
  7. destroyed
Verb
  • Joaquin Phoenix’s homes are as concealed as his private life.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hussein Al Bashir, a representative of Palestinian group Fatah, was killed the following month in Cyprus by a bomb concealed in his hotel bed.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of concealed
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  • From artisan studios to breweries and other small businesses in the district, the waters erased a huge chunk of the city’s cultural identity.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Also in the fourth quarter, Goff had an incomplete pass erased from the books by an offensive pass interference call on teammate Brock Wright.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of erased
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  • Adra said international focus on the widening conflict has obscured frightening developments in the West Bank.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Only from inside that path is the sun entirely obscured by the moon's shadow for a few minutes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscured
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  • As modernization spread throughout Italy in the 1960s, the system was abolished, and farmers abandoned their rustic dwellings in favor of houses with electricity and running water in towns and cities.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The union also wants the reinstatement of a pension scheme that was abolished in 2008, which is a nonstarter for Boeing.
    Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of abolished
Verb
  • Physical evidence that ice sheets covered the interior of continents in warm equatorial regions had eluded scientists – until now.
    Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • No significant changes in internal controls over financial reporting were noted during the period covered by the report.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of covered
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  • If so, keep in mind that this is happening to remind you of your adaptability and the natural inclination to take action that’s been suppressed for far too long.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The court rebuffed arguments that prosecutors suppressed evidence of a batch of ammunition, some of which matched the bullets found on the set of the production.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of suppressed
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  • Liber Pater wines are made on a tiny patch of land in the Graves region of Bordeaux, one of the few places unaffected by the phylloxera bacterium that destroyed vineyards across Europe in the mid-19th century.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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