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.
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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.
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The video quickly drew negative comments, leading her to delete it shortly after posting.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Fact check: No proof of State Department message telling TikTok users to delete the app
Musk and Trump have been outspoken about gender and sexuality.
—Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Additionally, make sure to delete suspicious text messages and block the sender to prevent further attempts.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Enterprise Lite subscribers have their data protected by suspicious login detection, probable ransomware detection, and content lifecycle management (a process that secures info from its creation until it's archived or deleted).
—Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Fact check: No proof of State Department message telling TikTok users to delete the app
Musk and Trump have been outspoken about gender and sexuality.
—Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Additionally, make sure to delete suspicious text messages and block the sender to prevent further attempts.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Enterprise Lite subscribers have their data protected by suspicious login detection, probable ransomware detection, and content lifecycle management (a process that secures info from its creation until it's archived or deleted).
—Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 2 Feb. 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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