Synonyms of stroking (out)

stroking (out)

verb

present participle of stroke (out)

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

• deleting
• crossing (out)
• striking (out)
• editing (out)
• cancelling
• scratching (out)
• canceling
• removing
• erasing
• x-ing (out)
• x'ing (out)
• censoring
• wiping out
• deleing
• rooting (out)
• blotting out
• killing
• blue-penciling
• rubbing out
• cleaning (up)
• eliding
• eradicating
• clipping
• obliterating
• suppressing
• expunging
• blacking out
• effacing
• excising
• shortening
• bleeping
• laundering
• redacting
• cropping
• cutting
• red-penciling
• blipping
• silencing
• expurgating
• abbreviating
• repressing
• bowdlerizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting