strike out

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

THESAURUS

strike out

abbreviate, abridge, abstract, be off, bear, bear for, bear up for, bear up to, beget, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bomb, bowdlerize, break for, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, cancel, cast off, cast out, censor, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, coin, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, crap out, cross out, cut, cut and thrust, cut out, dash for, dele, delete, deport, design, develop, devise, discover, dispose of, draw a blank, dream up, drop a bomb, drop the ball, edit, edit out, efface, eject, elide, eliminate, engender, eradicate, erase, evolve, exile, expatriate, expel, expunge, expurgate, fabricate, fan, feint, flail at, flail away at, flop, flummox, fold, fold up, frame, generate, get left, get off, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give being to, give rise to, go for, go forth, hatch, head, hit at, hit for, improvise, invent, issue, issue forth, kill, lash out at, lay an egg, lay for, let drive at, let fly at, light out, liquidate, lose out, lunge at, make, make do with, make for, make up, make up to, mature, mint, not hack it, not make it, obliterate, omit, originate, outlaw, outset, outstart, pick out, plan, poke at, procreate, purge, put forth, raze, remove, rescind, root out, root up, rub out, rule out, run for, sail for, sally, sally forth, scratch, scratch out, set, set forth, set forward, set off, set out, set out for, spawn, sponge, sponge out, start, start off, start out, steer for, strike, strike at, strike off, strike out at, swing at, swing on, take off, take the count, think out, think up, throw over, throw overboard, thrust at, void, weed out, whiff, wipe out

ROGET THESAURUS

strike out

Plan

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.

Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Obliteration

VB efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel, blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out, wipe off, rub off, wipe away, deface, render illegible, draw the pen through, apply the sponge, be effaced, leave no trace, leave not a rack behind.