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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Find at least one item to delegate or delete from the list to create capacity.
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Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Pasquantino later deleted the post, likely because fans noted his expectation about the awful things the Royals could theoretically say about him.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted).
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the Justice Department, members allegedly hacked into ATMs and forced machines to dispense cash by deploying a malware variant known as Ploutus, which was designed to delete evidence of its presence in an effort to conceal the crime.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Pasquantino later deleted the post, likely because fans noted his expectation about the awful things the Royals could theoretically say about him.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted).
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the Justice Department, members allegedly hacked into ATMs and forced machines to dispense cash by deploying a malware variant known as Ploutus, which was designed to delete evidence of its presence in an effort to conceal the crime.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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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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