Synonyms of stroke (out)

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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

if you make a mistake on the form, just stroke it out

Synonyms & Similar Words

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