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BLOT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Example:
a veiled threat
Synonyms:
blot out; hide; obliterate; obscure; veil
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "blot out" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
efface; obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blot out"):
mystify (make mysterious)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
