deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a passage in a manuscript
delete a computer file
The email was accidentally deleted.
Examples of delete in a Sentence
Delete this name from the list.
When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
Recent Examples on the Web
As part of your audit, delete and stop making posts complaining about specific employers or name-shaming.
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Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
First Coast News grabbed the comment before it was deleted.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Since Rowling did not remove the trans user’s information in the screenshot that went out to her 14 million followers, that user is subsequently inundated with transphobic harassment and ultimately deletes their Twitter account.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
The panel otherwise left intact a separate federal judge's injunction that prevents the agency from being dismantled - including that its data cannot be deleted or destroyed, and that employees must be given workspace or the tools to work remotely.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
First Coast News grabbed the comment before it was deleted.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Since Rowling did not remove the trans user’s information in the screenshot that went out to her 14 million followers, that user is subsequently inundated with transphobic harassment and ultimately deletes their Twitter account.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
The panel otherwise left intact a separate federal judge's injunction that prevents the agency from being dismantled - including that its data cannot be deleted or destroyed, and that employees must be given workspace or the tools to work remotely.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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delete
verb
de·lete
di-ˈlēt 
deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a part of the story
delete a computer file
deletion
noun
di-ˈlē-shən
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