1.
to drown out (sound); to overwhelm
to make a sound inaudible by producing a louder sound
雷の音が声を掻き消した。
The thunder drowned out the voice.
歓声に掻き消されて聞こえなかった。
It was drowned out by the cheering and couldn't be heard.
騒音が静けさを掻き消す。
The noise drowns out the silence.
2.
to vanish; to disappear (as if erased)
to disappear suddenly and completely, as if wiped away
彼は掻き消すように姿を消した。
He vanished as if erased.
COMPOUND VERB:
Combines 掻く (to scrape) + 消す (to erase), creating an image of scraping away or overwhelming something.
CONJUGATION:
- 掻き消さない (negative)
- 掻き消して (te-form)
- 掻き消した (past)
COMMON EXPRESSION:
- 掻き消すように消える (to vanish as if erased)
RELATED:
- 消す (to erase, turn off)
- 消える (to disappear)