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ob·scures

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  1. List of paraphrases for "obscures":

    darkens, blurs, overshadows, hides

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#19343hides
#56655blurs
#72138obscures
#113179darkens
#122643overshadows

How to use obscures in a sentence?

  1. Harry S Truman:

    Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

  2. Robert Southey:

    Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you; however innocent it may be in itself.

  3. Kahlil Gibran:

    Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

  4. James Thurber:

    There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

  5. Vipin Narang:

    This ends up being a nightmare for missile defenses, you can downplay it, but it obscures the fact that North Korea has been improving North Korea missile capabilities. It's a real problem for regional missile defenses national missile defenses.


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