BLOTTED OUT Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

blotted out

verb

past tense of blot out

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

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as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view bushes blotted out the shed from our view

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Recent Examples of blotted out Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Now, fireflies have become scarce, the July nights have grown too hot for comfort, and the summer skies are often blotted out by smoke. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 The sight of the sun being blotted out has long had religious and spiritual meaning. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026 Ancient caravan routes are now mere remnants, quickly blotted out by the path of red trucks. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness. — Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025 Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Childhood photos are also here, bearing the red time stamp from the 1990s and family members whose faces have been blotted out. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025

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In the 50 years since then, they have been found 38 times and successfully eradicated each time.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
The health department says that the source has seemingly been eradicated.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of eradicated

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Earlier in the multi-day hearing, yet another criminalist testified that investigators found at least 11 air fresheners inside Burke’s Tesla, including one beneath a mass of fly larvae near where Rivas’ remains had been concealed.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
For tactics are not tricks concealed, But wisdom sharpened on the field.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of concealed

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Mora erased a 1-0 deficit with goals in the 56th and 67th minutes, giving him 48 in 145 regular-season appearances — third most in club history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
The Angels erased deficits of 5-1 and 6-4 behind Vaughn Grissom’s game-tying two-run homer, only to be undone by a clutch Giants defensive gem and extra-innings rally.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of erased

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Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Definition of obscured

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Under the 1866 treaty, the tribe abolished slavery and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
The Communist state was abolished in 1991, and the anti-Communist opposition swept to power in parliamentary elections a year later.

— Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of abolished

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Another criminalist testified earlier in the multi-day probable cause hearing that several Clorox-type wipes covered in brown stains were found in an inner trash bag placed inside the outer bag.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.

— Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of covered

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The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Definition of wiped out

Verb

Tunick’s lawyers have filed a motion with the court asking that all evidence from the interrogation, including the use of the duress code, be suppressed due to violation of his constitutional rights.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Paul got his wish when the Cavs swapped Garland for Harden despite Garland’s suppressed trade value.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 July 2026

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