strike off
verb
struck off; struck off also stricken off; striking off; strikes off
1
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem
2
: to depict clearly and exactly
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Her introduction tragically came first-hand when she was caught up in the disaster that swept through parts of Asia in 2004 after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia.
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Alex Ross, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The supremacy of the dinosaurs endured until an asteroid that struck off the coast of what’s now Mexico 66 million years ago doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
With the state hollowed out and the security forces ineffective, civic leaders from outside the structures of formal politics struck off on their own.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Pacing with pay increases very close to what SAG-AFTRA achieved last fall to end their strike, IATSE’s deal, which has to ratified in a members’ vote, pretty took the threat of a strike off the table for the anemic industry.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2024
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Alex Ross, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The supremacy of the dinosaurs endured until an asteroid that struck off the coast of what’s now Mexico 66 million years ago doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
With the state hollowed out and the security forces ineffective, civic leaders from outside the structures of formal politics struck off on their own.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Pacing with pay increases very close to what SAG-AFTRA achieved last fall to end their strike, IATSE’s deal, which has to ratified in a members’ vote, pretty took the threat of a strike off the table for the anemic industry.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2024
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“Strike off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20off. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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