durchstreichen — meaning in English
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English meaning
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
- verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- verb To make something officially invalid.
- verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
- verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.
expunge — full definition
- verb To erase or strike out.
- verb To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
- verb To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.