Synonyms of struck (out)

struck (out) 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of strike (out)

as in deleted

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleted
• crossed (out)
• edited (out)
• canceled
• scratched (out)
• removed
• erased
• stroked (out)
• deled
• censored
• killed
• blue-penciled
• wiped out
• rooted (out)
• blotted out
• rubbed out
• clipped
• elided
• x-ed (out)
• obliterated
• suppressed
• eradicated
• cleaned (up)
• expunged
• excised
• shortened
• effaced
• redacted
• laundered
• red-penciled
• expurgated
• abbreviated
• cropped
• blacked out
• cut
• bleeped
• repressed
• silenced
• bowdlerized
• blipped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetted

struck out

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of strike out

as in collapsed

to be unsuccessful

their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out, and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsed
• failed
• flopped
• folded
• missed
• struggled
• fell flat
• fell short
• came to grief
• came up empty
• laid an egg
• washed out
• flamed out
• bombed
• came a cropper
• died on the vine
• tanked
• flunked
• foundered
• cratered
• fell on one's face
• declined
• crashed
• went under
• slipped
• slumped
• floundered
• skidded
• crumbled
• waned
• sank
• miscarried
• misfired
• imploded
• self-destructed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked out
• went over
• delivered
• went
• succeeded
• came off
• clicked
• cooked
• panned out
• flourished
• prospered
• thrived
• won
• prevailed
• triumphed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of struck (out)

Verb

Schultz struck out at least one batter in each of his final four innings of work on Sunday, including recording two strikeouts in both the second and fourth innings. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026

Miller struck out two in a perfect ninth for his eighth save. —Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

The score remained tied until the fifth when Crochet struck out the first two men in what was looking like another quick inning. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026

Yoan Moncada singled and Vaughn Grissom walked in the ninth for the Angels before Logan O’Hoppe struck out and Adam Frazier grounded out to end it against Padres closer Mason Miller, who finished off his seventh save. —Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

Schmitt grounded into a double play, and Jerar Encarnacion (pinch-hitting for Jung Hoo Lee) struck out swinging. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026

Lorenzen was tagged for seven hits, walked one, and struck out three. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

Gallen gave up eight hits, struck out two and walked one. —CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026