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blot out

blot out

 
See:
blot
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to remove or cancel.
I think we can blot out this paragraph. We don't need to say that.No matter what he did, he could never blot out his sin.They are trying to blot out this part of our history as if it never happened.
synonyms:
abolish, cancel, expunge, remove
similar words:
annihilate, erase, obliterate
definition 2: to destroy utterly.
Whole tribes were blotted out by disease and warfare.
synonyms:
abolish, annihilate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out
similar words:
efface