strike through

strike through (third-person singular simple present strikes through, present participle striking through, simple past struck through, past participle struck through or stricken through)

1. To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.

   Synonyms: cross out, strike out

   Coordinate terms: bold, boldface, embolden, italicize, underline

   It is useful to strike through an incorrect text, leaving it legible, to demonstrate that it is an incorrect usage.

• strikethrough (noun)

• strike down