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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Megan later deleted the clip, but the video had already made its rounds online.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
In a scathing rant on X (which has since been deleted), Musk criticized the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein records.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
The latest example is the Pentagon, which was forced to delete and then repost a video featuring Defense Sec.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 July 2025
Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf appeared to delete her X account, and social media users took notice ahead of the team's Friday night win over the Atlanta Dream.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
In a scathing rant on X (which has since been deleted), Musk criticized the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein records.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
The latest example is the Pentagon, which was forced to delete and then repost a video featuring Defense Sec.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 July 2025
Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf appeared to delete her X account, and social media users took notice ahead of the team's Friday night win over the Atlanta Dream.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 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 19 Jul. 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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