strike off
verb
struck off; struck off also stricken off; striking off; strikes off
1
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem
2
: to depict clearly and exactly
Examples of strike off in a Sentence
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An estimated 92% of the world's most sophisticated chips are manufactured by one company: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
The quake, with a magnitude of 7.4, struck off the east coast of the island on Wednesday.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
When the largest earthquake in Taiwan in half a century struck off its east coast, the buildings in the closest city, Hualien, swayed and rocked.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
By Wayne Chang and Helen Regan | CNN A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off Taiwan’s eastern coast Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey, prompting tsunami warnings for the island and southern Japan.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
The first came on New Year’s Day when a magnitude 4.1 struck off the coast about 10 miles southwest of San Pedro and 11 miles southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
To be struck off is essentially the same as being disbarred.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2010
Four months after Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven infants in a British hospital, she has officially been struck off the nursing registry, according to multiple reports.
—Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
These tool types, which our distant ancestors began making at least 2.6 million years ago, were basic, including hammerstones for bludgeoning and sharp flakes that were struck off larger cores to provide a sharp cutting edge.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s Pacific coast and flooded the plant, knocking out its emergency diesel generators and initiating the failure of cooling systems that led to a deadly triple-reactor meltdown.
—Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
When the largest earthquake in Taiwan in half a century struck off its east coast, the buildings in the closest city, Hualien, swayed and rocked.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
By Wayne Chang and Helen Regan | CNN A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off Taiwan’s eastern coast Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey, prompting tsunami warnings for the island and southern Japan.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
The first came on New Year’s Day when a magnitude 4.1 struck off the coast about 10 miles southwest of San Pedro and 11 miles southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
To be struck off is essentially the same as being disbarred.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2010
Four months after Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven infants in a British hospital, she has officially been struck off the nursing registry, according to multiple reports.
—Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
These tool types, which our distant ancestors began making at least 2.6 million years ago, were basic, including hammerstones for bludgeoning and sharp flakes that were struck off larger cores to provide a sharp cutting edge.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s Pacific coast and flooded the plant, knocking out its emergency diesel generators and initiating the failure of cooling systems that led to a deadly triple-reactor meltdown.
—Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Strike off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20off. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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