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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Some companies have strategically deployed offensive tactics and obtained immediate results including short-sellers deleting a report and/or issuing a retraction.
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Hackers who stole the data of more than 8,000 children including photos, addresses and names and published some of the information on the dark web have removed the posts online and claim to have deleted the information, according to UK media reports.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
That apparently was unacceptable to Musk, who deleted his tweet and flew to California after the game to demand changes to Twitter’s algorithm.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Each person controls who can use their likeness and can revoke or delete any cameo videos.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Hackers who stole the data of more than 8,000 children including photos, addresses and names and published some of the information on the dark web have removed the posts online and claim to have deleted the information, according to UK media reports.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
That apparently was unacceptable to Musk, who deleted his tweet and flew to California after the game to demand changes to Twitter’s algorithm.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Each person controls who can use their likeness and can revoke or delete any cameo videos.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 8 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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