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delete
to strike out or cancel, as from a text
Not to be confused with:
erase – remove, as by rubbing or wiping out
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de·lete
(dĭ-lēt′)
tr.v. de·let·ed,
de·let·ing,
de·letes
1.
a. To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived: deleted the expletives from the transcript with a marker.
b. To remove from a document or record: deleted the names from the computer file. See Synonyms at
erase.
2. To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
[Latin dēlēre, dēlēt-,
to wipe out.]
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delete
(dɪˈliːt)
vb
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (
tr) to remove (something printed or written); erase; cancel; strike out
[C17: from Latin
dēlēre to destroy, obliterate]
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de•lete
(dɪˈlit)
v.t. -let•ed, -let•ing.
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
[1485–95; < Latin
dēlētus, past participle of
dēlēre to destroy]
de•let′a•ble, adj.
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delete
Past participle: deleted
Gerund: deleting
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