blotting out

verb

Definition of blotting outnext
present participle of blot out
1
as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

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2
as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view bushes blotted out the shed from our view

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotting out
  1. erasing
  2. hiding
  3. obscuring
  4. covering
  5. abolishing
  6. suppressing
  7. destroying
Verb
  • When news of the investigation became public, the price of the company’s stock plunged, erasing nearly $25 billion in shareholder value, according to the lawsuit.
    Amy Julia Harris, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Christina Haack is one step closer to erasing Josh Hall permanently.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of erasing
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  • Your top performers have figured out a secret that's hiding in plain sight.
    B.D. Dalton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Sanctuary follows Hunter, an eccentric American billionaire hiding in New Zealand.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hiding
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  • And would that be a way of obscuring your past from yourself?
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Amid the downpour that turned Interlagos into a battleground, painting the track in a chaotic gloss with puddles in the braking zones and spray obscuring vision, the two Frenchmen surprised the paddock and perhaps themselves.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscuring
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  • Conor Murray is a reporter covering trends in entertainment and culture.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Geri Stengel is a Forbes contributor with over 10 years of experience covering women entrepreneurs.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of covering
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  • Perkins, a city commissioner since 2016, supports abolishing the contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office in favor of a city police force.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Stein has called for abolishing student and medical debt.
    Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of abolishing
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  • This legislation would ensure defendants can quickly end meritless, speech-suppressing lawsuits in federal court and recover their legal costs.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In this way, Bon upends conventional thought to ask what if concrete infrastructure supports nature rather than suppressing it?
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of suppressing
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  • At its peak, the wildfire that ignited Monday expanded at an alarming rate, consuming an area larger than five football fields per minute and destroying at least seven structures.
    Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Federal agencies are prohibited from destroying or negatively changing critical habitat.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroying
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