About The Word Delete

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Delete Meaning & Definition
Delete Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delete?

[v] wipe out magnetically recorded information
[v] edit, delete, or revise; of books, etc.
[v] remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Delete: blue-pencil | cancel | erase

Related Terms | Find terms related to Delete: abbreviate | abridge | abrupt | alienate | annul | black out | blot | blot out | blue-pencil | bowdlerize | call off | cancel | cast off | cast out | censor | complete | cross out | cut | cut adrift | cut off | cut out | dele | depart | disarticulate | disconnect | disengage | disjoin | disjoint | dispose of | dissociate | disunite | divide | divorce | drop the curtain | edit | edit out | efface | eject | eliminate | end off | eradicate | erase | estrange | exclude | expel | expunge | expurgate | extinguish | finalize | finish | fold up | get it over | get over with | get through with | give the quietus | isolate | kayo | kibosh | kill | knock out | KO | leave | obliterate | omit | part | perfect | polish off | pull away | pull back | pull out | put paid to | raze | remove | rescind | rub out | rule out | scrag | scratch | scratch out | segregate | separate | sequester | set apart | set aside | shoot down | shut off | split | sponge | sponge out | stand aloof | stand apart | stand aside | step aside | strike | strike off | strike out | subtract | throw off | throw out | uncouple | unyoke | void | wipe out | withdraw | zap

See Also | demagnetise | demagnetize | edit | efface | erase | excise | expunge | redact | remove | rub out | score out | strike | take | take away | take away | take out | wipe off | withdraw

Delete In Webster's Dictionary

\De*lete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deleting}.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st {Dele}.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. --Aytoun.

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