delete

verb

de·lete | \ di-ˈlēt

, dē-\

deleted; deleting

Definition of delete

: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing delete a passage in a manuscript delete a computer file The e-mail 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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His lawyers have said evidence that could exonerate Spacey was deleted from the phone. — Dakin Andone, CNN, "The man who accuses Kevin Spacey of groping him dropped his civil lawsuit against the actor," 5 July 2019 Thus, thousands of Steam users seem to be deleting low-cost games from their wishlists in a futile quest to maximize the potential value of their potential Grand Prix prize. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Indie developers suggest Steam Summer Sale confusion is hurting their games [Updated]," 27 June 2019 After his death, his books and papers were removed from libraries and he was deleted—with great thoroughness—from the historical record. — Robert Chandler, The New Yorker, "How the Soviet Literary Establishment Censored Vasily Grossman," 19 June 2019 In the same breath, however, the Outdoor Recreation Center of Wendell has deleted the pool rules from its Facebook page and has claimed that some of the language used is merely a mistake. — Breanna Edwards, Essence, "North Carolina Pool Owner Under Fire For 'Racist' Rules Banning Baggy Pants, Dreadlocks, And Hair Extensions," 19 June 2019 There were a total of 804 such accounts; 46 were private and could not be accessed, one was a Holmes parody account (since deleted), and one person had two accounts. — Liz Webber, Quartz at Work, "How the former employees of Theranos explain themselves on LinkedIn," 10 June 2019 Apparently there were shots of the pair making out, but those got deleted from Twitter. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Who Wins the Bachelorette and Hannah Brown's Heart? Here's Everything We Know," 8 Apr. 2019 Editor's note posted Jan. 17, 2019 One of the paragraphs of this story was inadvertently deleted from the original version. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Corrections," 4 Mar. 2019 People across the globe also took to Dolce & Gabbana's Instagram and to Twitter to call out the videos—which, though deleted from the brand's accounts, were reposted by @diet_prada and others. — Ana Colón, Glamour, "Everything You Need to Know About Dolce & Gabbana's Canceled Shanghai Fashion Show," 26 Nov. 2018

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