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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With funds to spare, $20,000 was devoted to deleting duplicate data to optimize website performance.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Worse, organizations often delete footage to save space, losing critical data in the process.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
However, any payment information stored in the app was permanently deleted on Aug. 1.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
While the post garnered some criticism online, Parks hadn't deleted the post as of 3:30 p.m. July 30.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Worse, organizations often delete footage to save space, losing critical data in the process.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
However, any payment information stored in the app was permanently deleted on Aug. 1.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
While the post garnered some criticism online, Parks hadn't deleted the post as of 3:30 p.m. July 30.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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