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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of deletes

File Shredder, as expected, deletes files so thoroughly that even forensic software can’t recover them. —PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024