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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Despite the loss, Trump claimed victory in Arizona and later alleged the entire voter database of Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county, was deleted.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
An investigation later found that the system had malfunctioned because a contractor, while working to synchronize two databases, had accidentally deleted files.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Some conservative pundits and Trump supporters online criticized Gus Walz's show of affection, though several deleted their posts after learning about his disability.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Beyoncé sent a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign shortly after, and the video was subsequently deleted from Cheung’s profile.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
An investigation later found that the system had malfunctioned because a contractor, while working to synchronize two databases, had accidentally deleted files.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Some conservative pundits and Trump supporters online criticized Gus Walz's show of affection, though several deleted their posts after learning about his disability.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Beyoncé sent a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign shortly after, and the video was subsequently deleted from Cheung’s profile.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 5 Nov. 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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