Synonyms of deleted

deleted

verb

past tense of delete

as in canceled

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canceled
• erased
• removed
• censored
• struck (out)
• crossed (out)
• edited (out)
• killed
• scratched (out)
• stroked (out)
• elided
• deled
• expunged
• suppressed
• obliterated
• eradicated
• excised
• clipped
• blue-penciled
• wiped out
• redacted
• shortened
• effaced
• blotted out
• expurgated
• rooted (out)
• x-ed (out)
• rubbed out
• bleeped
• silenced
• cropped
• laundered
• abbreviated
• cleaned (up)
• cut
• blipped
• bowdlerized
• repressed
• blacked out
• red-penciled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deleted

Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted. — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Matching records, including inferences, generally must be deleted unless an exception applies. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

But that claim is difficult to reconcile with the disproportionate representation of certain groups among those deleted from supplementary lists issued for some constituencies after an adjudication process. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Ultimately, the person who created it was the one who deleted it, according to Fleming. — Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

The statements Canary described were also deleted, leaving a blank page. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Some congressional Democrats were incredulous, saying the email might simply have been deleted and that the firm’s analysis did not explain why or how someone might have manufactured the message. — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026

The announcement was flooded with critiques and the Mets’ post announcing the partnership on X was deleted and reposted multiple times. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

The post was quickly deleted, but Inaba saw it and commented on her own Instagram, thanking the media for alerting her to his remark. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026