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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Kardashian, 45, also shared a photo with the As Ever brand founder while Harry stood in the background — an image that was later deleted from her account.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Similarly, millions of names have been deleted from voter lists of states like Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat according to drafts published earlier this month.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Comedy deletes your stakes, and the stakes have to feel high for this whole thing to work.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Dec. 2025
At the same time, less than half of the Australian public believes the ban will be effective—and, according to a recent poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald, fewer than a third of parents plan to enforce the ban in their households, by deleting the relevant apps off their children’s phones.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Similarly, millions of names have been deleted from voter lists of states like Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat according to drafts published earlier this month.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Comedy deletes your stakes, and the stakes have to feel high for this whole thing to work.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Dec. 2025
At the same time, less than half of the Australian public believes the ban will be effective—and, according to a recent poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald, fewer than a third of parents plan to enforce the ban in their households, by deleting the relevant apps off their children’s phones.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 28 Dec. 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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