Synonyms of cross (out)

cross (out)

verb

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

cross out the old phone number and write in the new one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delete
• strike (out)
• cancel
• scratch (out)
• stroke (out)
• remove
• erase
• x (out)
• censor
• edit (out)
• wipe out
• kill
• blue-pencil
• eradicate
• blot out
• elide
• dele
• obliterate
• clip
• suppress
• expunge
• root (out)
• clean (up)
• efface
• shorten
• excise
• rub out
• crop
• cut
• launder
• silence
• bleep
• abbreviate
• expurgate
• black out
• red-pencil
• repress
• blip
• bowdlerize
• redact