crossing out

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synonyms for crossing out

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crossing out, such as: cancellation, cut, expunction, expunging, remotion, and removal.

How to use crossing out in a sentence

  • She tore through the book, crossing out large portions and writing furious comments in the margins: “LIES!”

    Mika Gets Personal | Rebecca Dana | January 6, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The newspaper owner drew a rough diagram on a sheet of paper and filled it in with writing, crossing out and revising liberally.

    Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • The rest of the day was spent very busily, settling debts and crossing out old scores, trading, etc.

    An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
  • One possibility is that the crossing out of "have not" is a clerical error, and that he did not intend to do this.

    Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • I wrote quickly and with a dreadful kind of ease, not hesitating or crossing out a single word.

    Everyman's Land | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • crossing out several lines, Mr. Parker placed the copy in a pneumatic tube, and shot it directly to the composing room.

    The Clock Strikes Thirteen | Mildred A. Wirt

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