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
3
: to draw a line through (as an item on a list)
4
: to remove (something) by hitting it with a tool in a forceful way
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According to The New York Times, Hegseth intercepted the Army’s promotion list, which consists mostly of white men, and struck off four officers—two Black men and two women—preventing them from advancing from colonel to brigadier general.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
Tassy opened the scoring with a power-play strike, but Dartmouth answered later in the first period on a strike off the stick of Hank Cleaves.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Two days after our interview, one of her six cargo ships stuck in the Persian Gulf was struck off a port near Dubai.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Three foreign ships were struck off the coast of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates overnight, authorities said, the latest in a flurry of incidents in or near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
—Sam Meredith,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
Tassy opened the scoring with a power-play strike, but Dartmouth answered later in the first period on a strike off the stick of Hank Cleaves.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Two days after our interview, one of her six cargo ships stuck in the Persian Gulf was struck off a port near Dubai.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Three foreign ships were struck off the coast of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates overnight, authorities said, the latest in a flurry of incidents in or near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
—Sam Meredith,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Strike off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20off. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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