Antonyms for scratch out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skrach |
| Phonetic Transcription : skrætʃ |
Definition of scratch out
Origin :- c.1400, probably a fusion of Middle English scratten and crachen, both meaning "to scratch," both of uncertain origin. Related: Scratched; scratching.
- Billiards sense of "to hit the cue ball into a pocket" is first recorded 1909 (also, originally, itch), though earlier it meant "a lucky shot" (1850). Meaning "to withdraw (a horse) from a race" is 1865, from notion of scratching name off list of competitors; used in a non-sporting sense of "cancel a plan, etc." from 1680s. To scratch the surface "make only slight progress in penetrating or understanding" is from 1882. To scratch (one's) head as a gesture of perplexity is recorded from 1712.
- As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
- As in cancel : verb call off; erase
- As in efface : verb erase
- As in erase : verb remove; rub out
- As in excise : verb remove, delete
- And she seized him like a fury, and tried to scratch out his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Fairy Book » by Various
- By all the devils in hell, I'll scratch out his eyes with my own nails!
- Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
- But you ought to be able to scratch out a deep enough hole to cram this in.
- Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys' River Chase » by Louis Arundel
- I have a good mind to bite off their noses and scratch out their eyes.
- Extract from : « Father Thrift and His Animal Friends » by Joseph Charles Sindelar
- I think I must turn womankind altogether, and scratch out his eyes; for as long as he can see me, he'll ne'er let me go.
- Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) » by Various
- Now take a stick and straighten out the hay over the trap and scratch out all signs and your set is complete.
- Extract from : « Fox Trapping » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
- These birds depend for food upon seeds and bugs or worms they scratch out of the ground.
- Extract from : « Stories of California » by Ella M. Sexton
- I suppose they neglected to scratch out my name from the subscription; for Major Cerwood says it really came to me.
- Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney
- Of course I cannot make you, but I will scratch out nothing,—and forget nothing.
- Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope
- I managed, however, to do so, and also to scratch out the name of the Esperance from the bows of the boat.
- Extract from : « A Life For a Love » by L. T. Meade
Synonyms for scratch out
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- amputate
- annul
- ax
- batter
- black out
- blank
- blot
- blot out
- blow down
- blue pencil
- blue-pencil
- bomb
- break
- break down
- break off
- bulldoze
- cancel
- capsize
- cast down
- countermand
- crash
- cross out
- cut
- cut off
- cut out
- cut up
- decimate
- deface
- delete
- demolish
- destroy
- disannul
- dispatch
- do away with
- do in
- dynamite
- edit
- efface
- elide
- eliminate
- eradicate
- erase
- excise
- expunge
- exscind
- exsect
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- extract
- fade
- fell
- finish off
- go back on one's word
- gut
- kill
- knock off
- launder
- level
- lop off
- mow down
- negate
- nullify
- obliterate
- off
- omit
- overthrow
- overturn
- pull down
- quash
- reduce
- remove
- render invalid
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- resect
- revoke
- rub out
- ruin
- scatter
- scissor out
- scratch out
- scrub
- sink
- slash
- smash
- spill
- squash
- stamp across
- stamp out
- strike
- strike out
- subvert
- take out
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- topple
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- unbuild
- undo
- unmake
- upset
- wash out
- white out
- wipe out
- wipe slate clean
- withdraw
- wrack
- wreck
- X out
- X-out
- zap
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