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Struck off
Struck off
[
strahyk
]
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/
straɪk
/
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Struck off
means "to be removed", usually from a position of power or responsibility or stature.
In the UK it has a colloquial meaning of being removed from a GP Surgery list.
Examples
In the
United States Navy
, the final decommissioning of a ship is when it is struck from the
Naval Vessel Register
.
In the
United Kingdom
, the erasure of a
medical
practitioner from the Medical Register by the
General Medical Council
, usually as a sanction.
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