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Vinony

strikethrough

verb

  1. typographical presentation of words with a line through the middle
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/

noun

Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through.

  1. An horizontal line overlaid on other characters.

    “In HTML, wrapping text with the code <del> and </del> produces a strikethrough.”

  2. A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters.

    “(oblique)”

verb

Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through.

  1. Alternative form of strike through.

    “2001, Rachel Webster, XHTML Simplified, A.D.R. (London) Limited, →ISBN, page 113, The next requirement is to strikethrough, “Yoga is just massage. Inline style element <strike> carries out this task easily. It strikes through text.”

    “2003, Doug Sahlin, How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 37, Cross-Out Text This tool is used to strikethrough selected text. You can change the color of the strikethrough and you can create a pop-up note with the Strikethrough Text tool as well.”