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verb (1)

Definition of strike (out)next
as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it struck out all references to indecent matters

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verb (2)

as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out, and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership

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Recent Examples of strike (out)
Verb
The lefty allowed just the one run and three hits while striking out six. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Naturally, Schlittler struck out eight over eight innings of one-run ball against the first-place Rays that evening. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Trailing 6-2 entering the ninth inning, the Rangers got a two-run home run by shortstop Corey Seager to cut the deficit to 6-4, but first baseman Jake Burger struck out swinging and center fielder Ezequiel Duran flied out to left to end the season. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026 Manaea allowed five runs in six innings and struck out three. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike (out)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike (out)
  1. delete
  2. collapse
  3. cancel
  4. fail
  5. flop
  6. fold
  7. struggle
  8. miss
Verb
  • Conradt also began to delete his MySpace profile, the Times reported, in an apparent attempt to erase his online footprint.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The two members, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, complained about being kept in the dark about adding new voters and deleting names, the report said.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of delete
Verb
  • Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapse
Verb
  • Cage previously starred in the first two Ghost Rider movies, a franchise now being revived by Ryan Gosling, and as Spider-Noir in both the animated Beyond the Spider-Verse films and the live-action series Prime Video just canceled.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One Elk Grove City Council race is on the ballot this November, after two other races were canceled and the incumbents were appointed to new terms because no challengers filed to run.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of cancel
Verb
  • Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of fail
Verb
  • While the warehouse project has flopped, records show that in the last few months ICE has quietly expanded its detention system in other ways.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The tall foliage of bearded iris (Iris germanica) begins flopping early in the growing season.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of flop
Verb
  • If not, find another box or even a large, zippered plastic bag that’s big enough to accommodate the wig without folding it.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The album folded electronic textures, orchestral flourishes, studio experimentation and huge melodies into songs that wrestled with politics, mortality, love, fear and the strange business of being alive.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fold
Verb
  • At that time, the company’s Fisher-Price, Barbie and American Girl brands were struggling to connect with changing consumer tastes and Mattel was reeling from the recent bankruptcy of Toys R Us.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But, like many Universities, Drexel has been struggling financially, in part due to declining enrollment.
    — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of struggle
Verb
  • Scientists can now examine sections of DNA that were once inaccessible and detect forms of genetic variation that older methods may have missed.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In other words, my comparison of FEWOCiOUS to Peter Saul probably misses the point.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of miss

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“Strike (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strike%20%28out%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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