X-ING (OUT) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

x-ing (out)

verb

variants or x'ing (out)

present participle of x (out)

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it x out the names of the people who have already left

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stetting

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deleting

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Talk about meeting The Challenge — the latest challenge to the Swedish version of the popular reality-TV show has met its match by way of an apparent AI agent, which is being blamed for deleting its entire new season.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Jarvis sacrifices himself to stabilize Vision’s mind, deleting his code and shifting his processing power to the other AIs to keep them functional.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

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