| Sammansatta former: |
black sth out,
black out sth vtr phrasal sep | (obscure to prevent reading) | censurera⇒ vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | During wartime, censors often blacked out huge sections of soldiers' letters to their families. |
blank sth out,
blank sth out vtr phrasal sep | (cover up) | stryka över ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | I blanked out the student's name on the test before I made copies for the class. |
| blank sth out vtr phrasal sep | informal (forget) (bildlig) | radera⇒ vtr |
| | | glömma⇒ vtr |
| | (bildlig) | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
blot sth out,
blot out sth vtr phrasal sep | (shut out, exclude, block) | blotta ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Suddenly there was a gust of wind and a dark cloud blotted out the sun. |
| blur sth vtr | (make sth less distinct) (göra suddig) | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | mjuka upp ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Alcohol blurred her judgment, and she ultimately did something she regretted. |
| delete sth vtr | (remove) | ta bort ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | radera⇒ vtr |
| | (ofta text, även bildlig) | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (ta bort från text) | stryka⇒ vtr |
| | The publishers deleted several paragraphs from later editions of the book. |
| delete sth vtr | (computing: erase) | radera⇒ vtr |
| | (ofta text, även bildlig) | sudda ut vtr partikel oskj |
| | (ta bort från text) | stryka⇒ vtr |
| | I really need to delete some of my old emails. |
| efface sth vtr | (erase, rub out) | sudda ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The waves had effaced the message written in the sand. |
| opaque sth vtr | (photography: cover blemishes) | retuschera⇒ vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | sudda ut vtr partikel oskj |
| | The photographer opaqued a small portion of the negative. |
| rub sth out vtr phrasal sep | (erase) (med suddgummi) | sudda ut vtr partikel oskj |
| | If you write in pencil, it's easier to rub out your mistakes. |
| rub sb out vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (kill) (bildlig) | sudda ut vtr partikel oskj |
| | (bildlig) | röja ur vägen vbal uttr |
| | (formell) | likvidera⇒ vtr |
| | It's said he was rubbed out by the mob for stealing money from the casino. |
| strike sth/sb off vtr phrasal sep | (delete, remove: from a list) (med streck) | stryka ut ngt/ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | sudda ut ngt/ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | I don't like them any more, strike them off the party list. |
| wipe sth vtr | (erase) (bokstavlig) | radera⇒ vtr |
| | (bildlig) | sudda ut vtr partikel skj |
| | | tvätta av gt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The teacher wiped the board. |
| | Läraren tvättade av svarta tavlan. |
wipe sth off sth,
wipe sth from sth vtr + prep | (erase from) | sudda bort ngt från ngt vbal uttr |
| | | radera ngt från ngt vtr + prep |
| | The teacher wiped the vocab list off the board. |
| | The trainee wiped several records from the database. |
| | Läraren suddade bort listan med glosor från svarta tavlan. |
| wipe sth from sth vtr + prep | figurative (forget) (bildlig) | sudda bort ngt från ngt vbal uttr |
| | | radera ngt från ngt vbal uttr |
| | Alison tried to wipe the terrible event from her memory. |
| | Alison försökte sudda bort (or: radera) den fruktansvärda händelsen från sitt minne. |