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strikethrough

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An horizontal line overlaid on other characters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: media, publishing, typography

Examples

  • In HTML, wrapping text with the code <del> and </del> produces a strikethrough.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slashout

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: media, publishing, typography

Examples

  • (oblique)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stroke, solidus, slash, bar

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

Alternative form of strike through.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard

Examples

  • 2001, Rachel Webster, XHTML Simplified, A.D.R. (London) Limited, →ISBN, page 113, The next requirement is to strikethrough, “Yoga is just massage. Inline style element <strike> carries out this task easily. It strikes through text.
  • 2003, Doug Sahlin, How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 37, Cross-Out Text This tool is used to strikethrough selected text. You can change the color of the strikethrough and you can create a pop-up note with the Strikethrough Text tool as well.
  • 2006, Editors of BottleTree Books LLC, Myspace Maxed Out: Explode Your Popularity, Buzz Your Band and Secure Your Privacy on Myspace, BottleTree Books LLC, →ISBN, page 59, To strikethrough text do this: <s>Strikethrough Text Goes Here</s>

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 刪除綫 /删除线 (shānchúxiàn) — line
  • Esperanto: trastreko — line
  • Finnish: yliviivaus — line
  • French: biffure — line
  • German: Durchstreichen — line
  • Greek: επιγράμμιση (epigrámmisi) — line
  • Hungarian: áthúzás — line
  • Japanese: 取り消し線 (torikeshi-sen) — line
  • Māori: tāroto — line
  • Polish: przekreślenie — line
  • Portuguese: riscar — line
  • Spanish: tachadura — line
  • Spanish: tachón — line
  • Spanish: tache — line
  • Spanish: plumazo — line
  • Swedish: genomstrykning — line