Synonyms of deleting

deleting

verb

present participle of delete

as in cancelling

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

• cancelling
• canceling
• erasing
• removing
• censoring
• crossing (out)
• killing
• striking (out)
• stroking (out)
• editing (out)
• eliding
• scratching (out)
• eradicating
• expunging
• excising
• suppressing
• obliterating
• deleing
• clipping
• effacing
• blue-penciling
• x-ing (out)
• x'ing (out)
• wiping out
• redacting
• shortening
• blotting out
• bleeping
• cutting
• rooting (out)
• silencing
• abbreviating
• cropping
• rubbing out
• laundering
• expurgating
• repressing
• cleaning (up)
• bowdlerizing
• blipping
• blacking out
• red-penciling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting