strike off
verb
struck off; struck off also stricken off; striking off; strikes off
1
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem
2
: to depict clearly and exactly
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Earlier this month, a tsunami warning covering most of coastal Northern California was issued after a magnitude 7.0 quake struck off Humboldt County.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning and leaving residents rattled from Southern Oregon to the San Joaquin Valley in California.
—Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
San Francisco residents are evacuating after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
It was likely triggered by an 8.6-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan on October 28, one of the most violent seismic events in Japanese history.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning and leaving residents rattled from Southern Oregon to the San Joaquin Valley in California.
—Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
San Francisco residents are evacuating after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
It was likely triggered by an 8.6-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan on October 28, one of the most violent seismic events in Japanese history.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Strike off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20off. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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