## Strikethrough Basic strikethrough is between two tildes: ```````````````````````````````` example ~~This is *stricken out*~~ .

This is stricken out

```````````````````````````````` One tilde does nothing: ```````````````````````````````` example ~This is nothing~ .

~This is nothing~

```````````````````````````````` Backslash escapes: ```````````````````````````````` example ~~This is \~\~stricken~~ .

This is ~~stricken

```````````````````````````````` Intraword strikeout: ```````````````````````````````` example This~~is~~stricken .

Thisisstricken

```````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````````````` example ~~This~~is~~stricken~~ .

Thisisstricken

```````````````````````````````` Punctuation is ignored for purposes of determining flankingness: ```````````````````````````````` example Here I strike out an exclamation point~~!~~. .

Here I strike out an exclamation point!.

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