SCRATCHED (OUT) Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

scratched (out)

verb

past tense of scratch (out)

as in wrote

to compose and set down on paper the words of scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front

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as in deleted

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one

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stetted

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But, as Zack Rosenblatt wrote this morning, Johnson, 79, is apparently making amends.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The California Post’s Ben Bolch, the former steward of this newsletter, reported Frenk wrote a letter transferring control over the use of UCLA’s logo from a student-run organization to the athletic department.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrote

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The students stopped the recording, deleted the video and gave the device to a teacher, the Tracy Police Department said in a statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Or it was rotated and replaced by a new one and the predecessor was never deleted.

— Atsushi Yamada, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of deleted

Verb

Noah Jupe and Matthias Schweighöfer star in the flick penned by Natalie Conway and Peter Stanley-Ward.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
If Disney writers had penned this tale, Kaepernick would have landed a contract, reclaimed a starting job and shined — cementing his legacy as an iconic NFL quarterback and activist.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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scratched (out)

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