edit vs strike out

edit

verb
  • To change a text, or a document. 

  • To change the contents of a file, website, etc. 

  • To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. 

  • To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing. 

  • To lend itself to editing in a certain way. 

  • To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage. 

  • To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene. 

  • To be the editor of a publication. 

noun
  • A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. 

  • An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing. 

  • An interruption or change to an improvised scene. 

  • An edited piece of media, especially video footage. 

  • A change to the text of a document. 

strike out

verb
  • To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document. 

  • To fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a (hopefully romantic) date. 

  • To begin to make one's way. 

  • To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head. 

  • To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation. 

  • to treat something as settled 

  • Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter. 

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