blot out vs eliminate

blot out

verb
  • To annihilate 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blot, out. 

  • To obscure. 

  • To make indecipherable; to obliterate. 

eliminate

verb
  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

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