striking off
Crossing out permanently
Striking off is removing a name from an official register or roll.
In British legal usage, a solicitor or doctor struck off loses their professional license and can no longer practice: He was struck off for misconduct.
Companies can also be struck off the register when dissolved.
In other contexts, striking off means crossing out or deleting from a list.
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- crossing outCanceling with a line
- deletionRemoval of content
- deregistrationCancellation of official enrollment
- annulmentDeclared void from start
disqualification · rejection · revocation · termination · cancellation · exclusion · ostracism · cast out · dismissal · erasure · rubbing out · disbarring · professional misconduct · delisting · repudiation · severing · denial · disassociation
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
- corporate lawincorporation, shareholders, corporate governance, limited liability, shares
striking offadding
Joining to increase
reinstating · entering · listing · inscribing · registering
striking offreinstating
Returning to previous position
licensing · certifying · accrediting · qualifying · readmitting
striking offincorporating
Adding as a component
registering · restoring · reinstating · forming · establishing
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