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
3
: to draw a line through (as an item on a list)
4
: to remove (something) by hitting it with a tool in a forceful way

Examples of strike off in a Sentence

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Two days after our interview, one of her six cargo ships stuck in the Persian Gulf was struck off a port near Dubai. — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 To open the scoring, Kyrou struck off the rush, receiving a sweeping pass at the defensive blue line and zooming all the way up ice for a goal. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026 While the older hand presses might be able to strike off 350 papers a day, steam presses could produce up to 4,000 pages in an hour. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026 Tassy opened the scoring with a power-play strike, but Dartmouth answered later in the first period on a strike off the stick of Hank Cleaves. — Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike off

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

Rhymes for strike off

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strike off

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