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.
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Video of the stream has been deleted from his official Twitch account.
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Security researchers are now warning Android users to delete a fake VPN and streaming app that can allow criminals to take over your phone and drain your bank account.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2017, Posobiec circulated a post that falsely claimed that CNN had published and then deleted an article defending Bill Maher’s use of an anti-Black slur.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Security researchers are now warning Android users to delete a fake VPN and streaming app that can allow criminals to take over your phone and drain your bank account.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2017, Posobiec circulated a post that falsely claimed that CNN had published and then deleted an article defending Bill Maher’s use of an anti-Black slur.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Conversations were moved to an auto-deleting platform and evidence was destroyed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for delete
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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