<DEL> and </DEL>

Description:

Render text as strikethrough.  This is often useful in legal documents in which the original text must remain and it must be shown that it has been deleted. Used with the <INS> tag.

Attributes:

class=class
Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class.
DATETIME=dateandtime
Date and time the element was deleted.
dir=direction
Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right.
event=JavaScript
When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript.
id = "name"
You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML).
lang="lang"
Indicates the language of the text within the text.
style="style"
Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet.
title="title"
You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could.
URL="url"
URL of a resource which explains why the element was deleted.

Examples:

<DEL>for</DEL>four score and seven years ago.

forfour score and seven years ago.