Synonyms of scratched (out)

scratched (out)

verb

past tense of scratch (out)

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrote
• penned
• composed
• scribbled
• authored
• printed
• recorded
• drew up
• crafted
• revised
• typed
• formulated
• prepared
• rewrote
• penciled (in)
• typewrote
• took down
• drafted
• redrafted
• transcribed
• recast
• pencilled (in)
• cast
• signed
• lettered
• autographed
• framed
• put
• registered
• worded
• expressed
• phrased
• couched

2

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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleted
• cancelled
• crossed (out)
• struck (out)
• edited (out)
• canceled
• removed
• stroked (out)
• erased
• deled
• censored
• wiped out
• blue-penciled
• x'd (out)
• killed
• xed (out)
• rooted (out)
• rubbed out
• blotted out
• x-ed (out)
• elided
• cleaned (up)
• eradicated
• obliterated
• suppressed
• clipped
• expunged
• excised
• effaced
• shortened
• blacked out
• redacted
• expurgated
• laundered
• abbreviated
• red-penciled
• cut
• cropped
• blipped
• repressed
• silenced
• bleeped
• bowdlerized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetted