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blot

noun
  1. A discolored mark made by smearing: blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See marks
  2. A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. Archaic: attaint. Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon. See marks, respect
verb
To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law: vacate. See continue
phrasal verb

blot out
To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill 1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root 1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, make

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