Synonyms for cross out
cross out

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1. cross out

   Cancel, efface, erase, expunge, and obliterate have as their first meaning the removal of written characters or other forms of record. To cancel is, literally, to make a lattice by cross-lines, exactly our English cross out; to efface is to rub off, smooth away the face, as of an inscription; to erase is to scratch out, commonly for the purpose of writing something else in the same space; to expunge, is to punch out with some sharp instrument, so as to show that the words are no longer part of the writing; to obliterate is to cover over or remove, as a letter, as was done by reversing the Roman stylus, and rubbing out with the rounded end what had been written with the point on the waxen tablet. What has been canceled, erased, expunged, may perhaps still be traced; what is obliterated is gone forever, as if it had never been. In many establishments, when a debt is discharged by payment, the record is canceled. The figurative use of the words keeps close to the primary sense. Compare ABOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, cancel, cross off, discharge, efface, erase, expunge, make void, nullify, obliterate, quash, remove, repeal, rescind, revoke, rub off, rub out, scratch out, vacate

   Antonyms:
   approve, confirm, enact, enforce, establish, maintain, perpetuate, record, reenact, sustain, uphold, write

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1. cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, markverb

   remove from a list

   "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"

   Synonyms:
   score, note, notice, stigmatize, punctuate, strike out, grade, set, nock, label, mark, retire, scar, brand, cross off, pock, stigmatise, check off, pit, tick, tick off, commemorate, check, denounce, distinguish, strike off, differentiate, mark off, tag

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1. Robert Lanza:

   They're not going to put the Red Cross out of business, volunteer blood donations are always going to be the first line of defense -- but with this technology, you have a safety net.

2. Marc Elias:

   We can't deny people a right to vote because they choose to put Xs in some, oval, circle some names or fill in some ovals, it says you can't cross out an errant vote with some marking, you have to use words.