blots out
Hides from view
To blot out is to obscure or cover completely.
Clouds blot out the sun.
You might blot out painful memories—suppress them so thoroughly they seem not to exist.
In its most extreme sense, to blot out is to destroy utterly: The asteroid blotted out the dinosaurs.
- forgetFail to recall
- eliminateRemove completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- coverProtect by overlaying
cover up · hide · eclipse · expunge · mask · suppress · abolish · overwrite · censor · occlude · obscure · revisionism · palimpsest · erase · veil · shroud · nullify · invalidate
preservation/destruction
blots outpreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
memorializes · commemorates · immortalizes · restores · records
illumination/darkness
blots outilluminates
Provides light to
lights up · brightens · enlightens · radiates