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91black out — [v1] delete; cover batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, eclipse, eradicate, erase, hold back, make dark, obfuscate, rub out, shade, squash, squelch; concept 250 Ant. add, pencil in, uncover black out [v2] faint collapse, crap… …
92blot something out — 1 Mary blotted out her picture: ERASE, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge; cross out, strike out. 2 clouds were starting to blot out the stars …
93stamp out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. eliminate, kill off, dispatch; see destroy 1 , kill 1 , remove 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. extinguish, snuff out, crush, put out, squelch, stop, kill. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To destroy all traces of:… …
94blot something out — 1) Mary blotted out her picture Syn: erase, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge, eradicate; cross out, strike out, wipe out 2) clouds were starting to blot out the stars Syn: conce …
95snuff out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, extinguish, put out, quench. See CONTINUE. 2. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate,… …
96black out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To delete] Syn. rub out, eradicate, erase, obliterate; see cancel 1 , censor . 2. [To faint] Syn. pass out, lose consciousness, swoon; see faint . 3. [To darken] Syn. put out the lights, make dark, batten, eclipse; see shade …
97strike something out — DELETE, cross out, erase, rub out. → strike * * * ˌstrike sthˈout/ˈthrough derived to remove sth by drawing a line through it Syn: cross out • The editor struck out the whole paragraph. Main entry: ↑ …
98take someone out — 1 he asked if he could take her out: GO OUT WITH, escort, partner, accompany, go with; romance, woo; informal date, see, go steady with; dated court. 2 …
99take someone out — 1) he asked if he could take her out Syn: go out with, escort, partner, accompany, go with; romance; informal date, see, go steady with; dated court, woo 2) informal the sniper took them all out Syn: kill …
100x-out — vb a. to cross out, cancel b. to kill, eliminate, rub out (The phrase is pronounced [ ecks out ].) …
