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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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
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It’s previously faced fines from the UK, Australia, France, and Italy and been forced to delete data on those countries’ residents.
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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
Set it up so that emails in this folder are automatically deleted after 30 days.
—Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
It’s previously faced fines from the UK, Australia, France, and Italy and been forced to delete data on those countries’ residents.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
Advertisement The Legislature placed a measure on the November ballot that asks voters to delete language in the California Constitution that allows involuntary servitude as a form of punishment for crimes.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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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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