Synonyms of deletes

deletes

verb

present tense third-person singular of delete

as in cancels

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

• cancels
• erases
• removes
• censors
• kills
• strikes (out)
• crosses (out)
• elides
• strokes (out)
• edits (out)
• scratches (out)
• eradicates
• obliterates
• suppresses
• blue-pencils
• expunges
• effaces
• clips
• shortens
• deles
• excises
• wipes out
• x's (out)
• blots out
• roots (out)
• abbreviates
• redacts
• launders
• rubs out
• silences
• represses
• crops
• cleans (up)
• cuts
• expurgates
• bleeps
• red-pencils
• blips
• bowdlerizes
• blacks out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deletes

For instance, decide in advance which actions require a human to approve, such as any agent action that moves money, changes a price or deletes records. — Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Conversation data may remain in cloud storage until a user deletes it and may also inform Memories stored in the cloud. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

That court filing said that TikTok has hundreds of personnel trained in underage moderation and as a result deletes tens of thousands of underage accounts. — David Shepardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

The robot could make AI lessons more engaging, but families still need clear answers about what Optio remembers, who can access that data and when the district deletes it. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

This immediately and irreversibly deletes all data and eSIMs stored on the device. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Disney deletes all biometric numerical values within 30 days, except in cases where the data must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes. — Brady MacDonald, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2026

Disney deletes all data within 30 days except in cases where it must be maintained for legal or fraud-prevention purposes. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026

Carrie makes the internal transfer on the system, moving me from my old role to my new one, ‘accidentally’ deletes the job listing from the website, and then rescues my employee profile from the digital abyss. — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026