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All blot out synonyms

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verb blot out

  • remove β€” to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • kill β€” to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • destroy β€” To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • call off β€” If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
  • demolish β€” To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • waive β€” to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • disqualify β€” to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
  • phase out β€” any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • uproot β€” to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
  • weed out β€” a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
  • quench β€” to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
  • smother β€” to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • suffocate β€” to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • douse β€” to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
  • plant β€” any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • shield β€” a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
  • hole up β€” an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • camouflage β€” Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
  • shelter β€” something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • cover β€” If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • mask β€” a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
  • protect β€” to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • stash β€” to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
  • withhold β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • disguise β€” to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • bury β€” To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
  • smuggle β€” to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
  • tuck away β€” to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
  • shoot β€” to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
  • assassinate β€” When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
  • behead β€” If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.
  • decapitate β€” If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off.
  • lynch β€” to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
  • wipe out β€” an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
  • liquidate β€” to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
  • obliterate β€” to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
  • decimate β€” To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  • demolish β€” To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • crush β€” To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • quell β€” to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • raze β€” to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
  • clear away β€” When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
  • displace β€” to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
  • overthrow β€” to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • delete β€” If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • reverse β€” opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • vacate β€” to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
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