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deface
To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
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  1. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
  2. (Obsolete) To obliterate; destroy.
  3. To make illegible by injuring the surface of
cross out
(Idiomatic) To strike out; to draw a line through.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To strike out; to draw a line through.
scratch out
To remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.
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  1. To remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.
delete
To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
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  1. To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
  2. To take out (a printed or written letter, word, etc.); cross out
  3. To remove from a document or record:
darken
To give a darker hue to.
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  1. To give a darker hue to.
  2. To render vague or uncertain; obscure:
  3. To become dark or darker.
blur
To become visually indistinct:
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  1. To become visually indistinct:
  2. To smear, stain or smudge.
  3. To smear or stain without obliterating; blot; smudge
shroud
(Archaic) To take shelter
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  1. (Archaic) To take shelter
  2. To take cover; find shelter.
  3. (Archaic) To shelter and protect
eclipse
To surpass; outshine:
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  1. To surpass; outshine:
  2. To cause an eclipse of; darken or obscure
  3. The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another. An eclipse of the Sun or Moon occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned. &diamf3; In a solar eclipse the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. During a total solar eclipse the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, and only the Sun's corona is visible. &diamf3; An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is farthest in its orbit from the Earth so that its disk does not fully cover that of the Sun, and part of the Sun's photosphere is visible as a ring around the Moon. &diamf3; In a lunar eclipse all or a part of the Moon's disk enters the umbra of the Earth's shadow and is no longer illuminated by the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur only during a full moon, when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun.
Find another word for blot-out. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blot-out, like: deface, cross out, scratch out, delete, darken, blur, shroud, eclipse, cancel, shade and blot.

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  • The brutalities of Austrias white coats in the north, the unintelligent repression then characteristic of the house of Savoy, the petty spite of the duke of Modena, the medieval obscurantism of pope and cardinals in the middle of the peninsula and the clownish excesses of Ferdinand in the south, could not blot out from the minds of the Italians the recollection of the benefits derived from the just laws, vigorous administration and enlightened aims of the great emperor.

  • He strove to blot out the memory of the Huguenot connexions of his house by affecting the greatest zeal against Protestants.

  • stayed at the castle in 12 9 6 and 1303, and it was to blot out the memory of his visit that the building was destroyed immediately after national independence had been reasserted.

  • There is no doubt that in all this Burke was in the right, as he was in his denunciation of the mischief certain to follow when a nation tries to start afresh, and to blot out all past progress in the light of simple reason, which is often most fallible when it believes itself to be most infallible.

  • Anxious to blot out all memory of the bitter past, he forbade the use of the word "Borders," hoping that the designation "Middle Shires" might take its place.

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