BLOT OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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