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.
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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If they were deleted, the public should be told that — along with why.
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Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Mitchell did not answer questions about whether Harris-Dawson had deleted messages or emails.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Adobe promptly deleted the post, but not before Adobe critics pulled out their best pop culture references to bully the software firm.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
The post, which Wallace later deleted, included a photo of Ellis, according to the lawsuit.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
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Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Mitchell did not answer questions about whether Harris-Dawson had deleted messages or emails.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Adobe promptly deleted the post, but not before Adobe critics pulled out their best pop culture references to bully the software firm.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
The post, which Wallace later deleted, included a photo of Ellis, according to the lawsuit.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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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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