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strike out

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expunge
verb. destroy, obliterate
  • KO
  • X out
  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • black
  • black out
  • blot out
  • blue pencil
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cut
  • delete
  • discard
  • drop
  • efface
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • exclude
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • gut
  • kayo
  • kill
  • knock off
  • launder
  • omit
  • raze
  • remove
  • scrub
  • strike out
  • take out
  • trim
  • wipe out
  • zap

light out
verb. run away
  • abscond
  • depart
  • escape
  • head
  • leave
  • make
  • make off
  • quit
  • set out
  • strike out
  • take a hike
  • take off

make
verb. arrive, aim at
  • advance
  • arrive at
  • arrive in time
  • attain
  • bear
  • break for
  • catch
  • get to
  • go
  • head
  • light out
  • meet
  • move
  • proceed
  • progress
  • reach
  • set out
  • strike out
  • take off

proofread
verb. copyedit
  • analyze
  • blue-pencil
  • check
  • correct
  • cut
  • delete
  • edit
  • go over
  • rearrange
  • refine
  • remove errors
  • rephrase
  • revise
  • strike out

raze
verb. flatten, knock down; wipe out
  • batter
  • blow down
  • bomb
  • break down
  • bulldoze
  • capsize
  • cast down
  • crash
  • decimate
  • delete
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • erase
  • expunge
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fell
  • level
  • mow down
  • obliterate
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • pull down
  • reduce
  • remove
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scatter
  • scratch out
  • smash
  • spill
  • strike out
  • subvert
  • tear down
  • tear up
  • throw down
  • topple
  • total
  • unbuild
  • undo
  • unmake
  • upset
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • zap

remove
verb. lift or move object; take off, away
  • abolish
  • abstract
  • amputate
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • cart off
  • clear away
  • cut out
  • delete
  • depose
  • detach
  • dethrone
  • dig out
  • discard
  • discharge
  • dislodge
  • dismiss
  • displace
  • disturb
  • do away with
  • doff
  • efface
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • erase
  • evacuate
  • expel
  • expunge
  • extract
  • get rid of
  • junk
  • oust
  • pull out
  • purge
  • raise
  • relegate
  • rip out
  • separate
  • shed
  • ship
  • skim
  • strike out
  • take down
  • take out
  • tear out
  • throw out
  • transfer
  • transport
  • unload
  • unseat
  • uproot
  • wipe out
  • withdraw

sally forth
verb. go forth
  • emerge
  • launch
  • put forth
  • sally
  • set forth
  • start
  • strike out
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Word Origin & History

strike O.E. strican "pass over lightly, stroke, smooth, rub," also "go, proceed" (past tense strac, pp. stricen), from P.Gmc. *strik- (cf. O.N. strykva "to stroke," O.Fris. strika, M.Du. streken, Du. strikjen "to smooth, stroke, rub," O.H.G. strihhan, Ger. streichen), from PIE base *str(e)ig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil). Related to streak and stroke, and perhaps influenced in sense development by cognate O.N. striuka. Sense of "to deal a blow" developed by early 14c.; meaning "to collide" is from mid-14c.; that of "to hit with a missile" is from late 14c. Meaning "to cancel or expunge" ...(as with the stroke of a pen) is attested from late 14c. An older sense is preserved in strike for "go toward."

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Example Sentences for strike out

They were determined to find that landmark and strike out for it.

They simply cannot endure it, and so they strike out and follow.

Just strike out lively, and that will help to keep your blood in circulation.

I have therefore ventured to strike out the unnecessary word.

So you decided to strike out for yourself, about five years ago.

"If I had a few dollars I might strike out for myself," he reasoned.

You don't treat me half decently, and I'm going to strike out for myself.

I ought to go back and strike out all that talk about vanity.

Strike out the twenty for accidents, and there remained a hundred miles a day.

She can scarce distinguish us until we strike out into the open.

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