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scratch out
verb as in cancel
Strong matches
verb as in efface
verb as in erase
verb as in excise
verb as in raze
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
These birds depend for food upon seeds and bugs or worms they scratch out of the ground.
I suppose they neglected to scratch out my name from the subscription; for Major Cerwood says it really came to me.
Why'd he come half across Creation to scratch out a living with a horse-drawn plow?
I think I must turn womankind altogether, and scratch out his eyes; for as long as he can see me, he'll ne'er let me go.
She had simply been the patient who would scratch out the eyes of the surgeon.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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