strike off
Erase from records
Strike off means to remove something from a list, record, or register, typically in an official or formal capacity.
A doctor or lawyer who is struck off loses their professional license and can no longer practice.
In British usage, to strike off a company means to dissolve it by removing it from the official register.
The medical board voted to strike him off for malpractice.
The phrase also means to produce quickly, as when striking off copies of a document.
Eliminate by marking
- removeTake something away
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- eliminateRemove completely
excise · cancel · obliterate · efface · blot out · line through · delete · rub out
cross out
Eliminate by marking
eliminate · excise · cancel · obliterate · efface · blot out · line through · delete · rub out · wipe out
disbar
Revoke legal credentials
- delistRemove from official registry
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- deregisterRemove from official listing
decertify · suspend · ban · exclude · oust · drum out · blacklist · disqualify
set out
Begin a journey
depart · leave · go forth · sally forth · proceed · trek · journey · hit the road · start out · make for
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
- liquidationliquidation, winding up, winding-up, liquidator, company closure