blot out

verb

blotted out; blotting out; blots out
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transitive verb

1
: to make obscure, insignificant, or inconsequential
2
: wipe out, destroy

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Examples of blot out in a Sentence

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Only those Avs, the ones from five years earlier, didn’t have a big guy like him to win scrums, screen goalies, plow defensemen and blot out the sun. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 May 2026 The sad fact of her victimization and her struggles in life can threaten to blot out the subtler, trickier elements of her magic. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2026 Then a perusal of several studies that spanned decades and oceans made my hypothesis cloudy enough to blot out that April Fools’ Day moon. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026 Dark clouds on the South Bay arts scene haven’t blotted out the light, not as long as New Ballet provides a luminous silver lining. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blot out

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of blot out was in 1549

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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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blot out

verb
1
: to make unimportant
2
: to make hard to see or invisible : hide
3
: destroy sense 1, kill
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