as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
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In later posts on X, the chatbot reversed itself and acknowledged that its earlier reply was wrong, saying it had been deleted, and pointed to historical evidence that Zyklon B was used to kill more than 1 million people in Auschwitz gas chambers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026 -
By later in the afternoon, the post was deleted.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Stroked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stroked%20%28out%29. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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