SCRATCHED (OUT) Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

scratched (out)

verb

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past tense of scratch (out)

as in wrote

to compose and set down on paper the words of scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front

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as in deleted

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one

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stetted

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Gellar and Doherty were friends for decades, as Gellar wrote on social media following Doherty's death.

Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
John wrote the music for the show and worked on the score with the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, who wrote the lyrics.

Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Scratched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched%20%28out%29. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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