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.
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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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The listings, which have now been deleted, also appeared to garner some attention on Reddit over the weekend but had not been widely reported on.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Why did Usher delete his entire X (formerly Twitter) feed?
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2024
Please keep my contacts, but delete all the messages.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
The posts prompted online backlash and Bryan later deleted his X account.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Why did Usher delete his entire X (formerly Twitter) feed?
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2024
Please keep my contacts, but delete all the messages.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
The posts prompted online backlash and Bryan later deleted his X account.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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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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