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Another word for blot

blot Synonyms

blot

n.

spot, stain, smudge, splotch; see blemish, stain.

blot Synonyms

blot

v.

To stain
smudge, blotch, spatter, sully; see dirty, disgrace.
To absorb
soak up, dry, sponge; see absorb 1.

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Another word for blot

noun

A discolored mark made by smearing:
blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See marks
A mark of discredit or disgrace:
black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. (Archaic) attaint. Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon. See marks, respect

verb

To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.

Also used with out: annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). (Law) vacate. See continue

phrasal verb blot out

To destroy all traces of:

abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, make

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Luther's weakness brought the second great blot on his career.
Blot, Traite de physique experiment ale.
But this blot upon the English name was at last removed by Montague in 1694, when he was appointed chancellor of the exchequer.
This weakness was the worst blot on Cranmer's character, but it was due in some measure to his painful capacity for seeing both sides of a question at the same time, a temperament fatal to martyrdom.
M Blot, with a view of showing that his theological writings were the productions of his dotage, has fixed their date between 1712 and 1719.

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