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Strike off

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove from a list or register. transitive

    "She struck off his name from the list."

  2. 2
    remove from a list wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove from a list or register.; To be forbidden from practicing in a regulated profession (medicine, law etc.) by virtue of being removed (usually for malpractice) from a statutory register required to practice that profession. UK, transitive, usually

    "The doctor was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct."

  4. 4
    To void an obligation; to deduct. dated, transitive

    "He was kind enough to strike off the debt."

  5. 5
    To print (a work) in a hurried manner. transitive

    "Nothing is heard but the monotonous houp! hank! of the Indians, as in a cloud of steam of their own manufacture, they strike off the paper. Nothing can be seen without but a shower of quarters, bits, and dimes darkening the air as they are thrown from the purchasers."

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  1. 6
    To sever or separate by a blow. transitive

    "Strike off his head, I command you!"

  2. 7
    To start going in a new direction or course of endeavor. intransitive

    "She decided to strike off on a new course."

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