Wiktionary
vb. 1 to use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small objects or particles 2 (context figuratively English) to exclude
WordNet
Usage examples of "screen out".
He clamped his mine mask on and adjusted the eyeshields to screen out the smoke.
Out here only a few wealthy eccentrics had force-field bubbles over their houses to screen out the elements.
Herb Asher had spent a long time fussing with his equipment, trying to screen out this interference, but with no success.
He could see Mackie turning to follow the proceedings on some screen out of camera range.
It makes it simple for the hospital to screen out the majority of scam artists, while providing a quick and efficient way to track down a missing person.
Inside the warp field, built up with all available power to screen out four dimensional energy influxes, the Good Hope was converted into a structure that could no longer maintain its stability.
She could smell the dampness of Lake Michigan, though the noise barriers and accident walls tended to screen out most views of the surroundings except for the road itself and the swaying stands of reeds and heather.
Gerswin was half listening as he jumped the screen out over them and began to guide the former land agent/prisoner toward the Caroljoy.
The field marshal briefly let himself listen to the cries of the wounded, a sound the war had taught him to screen out.