STROKES (OUT) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

strokes (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of stroke (out)

as in deletes

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it if you make a mistake on the form, just stroke it out

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Conversation data may remain in cloud storage until a user deletes it and may also inform Memories stored in the cloud.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
That court filing said that TikTok has hundreds of personnel trained in underage moderation and as a result deletes tens of thousands of underage accounts.

— David Shepardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

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Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
When investors redeem shares, the fund cancels those shares and pays investors their value based on NAV.

— byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

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