verb
Meaning 1
To remove from a list or register.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She struck off his name from the list.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
strike off
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verb
Meaning 2
To remove from a list or register.
To be forbidden from practicing in a regulated profession (medicine, law etc.) by virtue of being removed (usually for malpractice) from a statutory register required to practice that profession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive, usually
Qualifier: passive voice
Examples
- The doctor was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To void an obligation; to deduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
Examples
- He was kind enough to strike off the debt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To print (a work) in a hurried manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'll strike off a copy for the subeditor later.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To sever or separate by a blow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Strike off his head, I command you!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To start going in a new direction or course of endeavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- She decided to strike off on a new course.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
remove from a list
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Cross the name of the dead person off the list
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike out, mark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take away, take out
History
Etymology
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