as in to cancel
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
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Recent Examples of delete
Friday’s qualifying session featured 47 lap times deleted, within the same range as the 2022 race (43 lap times), and only two drivers didn’t commit a breach.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Lara has had TikTok deleted for the past three weeks.
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Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
25 June 2026
The TikTok video, and another announcement on Instagram with photos and videos of Sadé Rose, have since been deleted.
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Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
While the government didn’t hesitate to delete inconvenient climate information, dedicated volunteers outside the government managed to preserve copies of much of the material, which the federal government is prohibited from copyrighting.
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John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Lara has had TikTok deleted for the past three weeks.
—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
25 June 2026
The TikTok video, and another announcement on Instagram with photos and videos of Sadé Rose, have since been deleted.
—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
While the government didn’t hesitate to delete inconvenient climate information, dedicated volunteers outside the government managed to preserve copies of much of the material, which the federal government is prohibited from copyrighting.
—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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Before Franklin took the stage, however, organizers canceled the concert because of lightning and approaching storms.
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Katy Perry‘s return to the Belgium stage will have to wait a little longer after her Werchter concert was canceled on Friday.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
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But because Twitch streams are live and not edited or censored like traditional TV programming, there are more risks involved regarding what young viewers may see onscreen.
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Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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