strike off

verb

struck off; struck off also stricken off; striking off; strikes off

transitive verb

1
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem
2
: to depict clearly and exactly

Examples of strike off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first came on New Year’s Day when a magnitude 4.1 struck off the coast about 10 miles southwest of San Pedro and 11 miles southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024 To be struck off is essentially the same as being disbarred. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2010 Four months after Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven infants in a British hospital, she has officially been struck off the nursing registry, according to multiple reports. Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023 These tool types, which our distant ancestors began making at least 2.6 million years ago, were basic, including hammerstones for bludgeoning and sharp flakes that were struck off larger cores to provide a sharp cutting edge. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023 In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s Pacific coast and flooded the plant, knocking out its emergency diesel generators and initiating the failure of cooling systems that led to a deadly triple-reactor meltdown. Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023 Robert Taylor scored in 44’ with a strike off his right foot just inside the right post to excite the crowd just before halftime. Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023 The All-American UCLA commit took a pass from junior Claire Murray in stride at the top of the box and blasted a powerful strike off the hands of Titans’ goalie Bella Roman and in. Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022 His paper was retracted in 2010, and he was struck off the medical register for gross misconduct. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 29 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of strike off was in 1770

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“Strike off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20off. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

strike off

verb
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem for the occasion
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