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  blot out/obliterate the memory of sth. /blˈɒt ˈaʊt əblˈɪtəɹˌeɪt ðə mˈɛməɹi ɒv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
  die Erinnerung an etw. ausradieren
   see: blot out sth., rub out sth., erase sth., efface sth., obliterate sth., blotting out, rubbing out, erasing, effacing, obliterating, blotted out, rubbed out, erased, effaced, obliterated, attempts to obliterate the country's pre-Islamic past, drink a glass of water to obliterate the terrible taste it has