block out

“He blocks out the sun against any of his critics. He controls the media cycle with one click on his phone, with one sound bite every single day.”

You’re trying to quiet down the noise and trying to block out all of the voices.

The smog is so thick in some places that it blocks out buildings and makes it hard to see down the street.

It’s pure paranoid fantasy that blocks out the complex reality of a world in which the climate crisis will inevitably increase migration pressures.

In certain parts of the city, you can go about your day, almost blocking out the threat of airstrikes down the street and ignoring the prevalent mood of subdued fear.