"strike through" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strikes through [present, singular, third-person], striking through [participle, present], struck through [past], struck through [participle, past], stricken through [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> through|past_ptc2=stricken through}} strike through (third-person singular simple present strikes through, present participle striking through, simple past struck through, past participle struck through or stricken through)
  1. To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information. Synonyms: cross out, strike out Derived forms: strikethrough [noun] Related terms: strike down

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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