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durchstreichen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  • expunge verb To erase or strike out.

Senses

durchstreichen is used for these senses in English:

  • cancel (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
  • cross out (idiomatic, transitive) To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
  • expunge (transitive) To erase or strike out.
  • rule out (transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  • scratch out To remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.
  • strikethrough (typography) An horizontal line overlaid on other characters.

cancel — full definition

  1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  2. verb To make something officially invalid.
  3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
  4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

expunge — full definition

  1. verb To erase or strike out.
  2. verb To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
  3. verb To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

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