blot out

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blot out - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

obliterate, veil, hide, obscure

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"

Translations

? blot out

vt sep

(lit) words → unleserlich machen, verschmieren

(fig: = hide from view) landscape, sun → verdecken; (= obliterate) memories → auslöschen; pain → betäuben

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