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de·lete  (d-lt)
tr.v. de·let·ed, de·let·ing, de·letes
To remove by striking out or canceling: deleted some unnecessary words in the first draft. See Synonyms at erase.

[Latin dlre, dlt-, to wipe out.]

delete
Verb
[-leting, -leted] to remove or cross out (something printed or written) [Latin delere]
deletion n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.delete - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
rub out, score out, wipe off, erase, efface - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
excise, expunge, scratch, strike - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
2.delete - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
demagnetise, demagnetize - erase (a magnetic storage device)
3.delete - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

delete
Translations

delete [dɪˈliːt] vtsuprimir, tachar;
(COMPUT) → suprimir, borrar
delete [dɪˈliːt] vtrayer, supprimer;
(Comput) → effacer
delete [dɪˈliːt] vtstreichen;
(Comput) → löschen
delete [dɪˈliːt] vt (gen), (COMPUT) → cancellare

delete
v delete [diˈliːt]
to rub or strike out (eg a piece of writing) Delete his name from the list.skrap, doodtrek, uitwisيَحْذِف، يَمْحوизтривамvyškrtnout, vymazatslette; stryge; fjernestreichenδιαγράφωsuprimir, tacharkustutamaحذف کردن؛ پاک کردنpyyhkiä poisrayerלִמחוֹקमिटा देनाizbrisati, poništititöröl, kihúzmenghapusstrika út, þurrka útcancellare削除する삭제하다, 줄을 그어 지우다išbraukti, ištrintiizsvītrot; izdzēstpotongschrappenslette, strykeusuwaćapagara ştergeвычёркиватьvyčiarknuťizbrisatiobrisatistryka []ตัดออกsilmek, çizmek刪除,刪去викреслюватиحذف کرنا، مٹاناxóa bỏ
n deˈletion
skrapping, deurhaling, uitwissingحَذْف، شَطْب، مَحْوизтриванеškrtnutí, vymazánísletning; strygning; fjernelsedie Streichungδιαγραφήeliminación, supresión, tachaduraeemaldamineحذفpoistosuppression, ratureמְחִיקָהमिटा हुआbrisanje, poništenjetörlés, kihúzáspenghapusanútstrikun, úrfellingcancellatura削除삭제išbraukimas, ištrynimasizsvītrošana; izdzēšanapemotonganschrappingstryking, slettingusunięciesupressãoştergere, eliminareвычёркиваниеvyčiarknutie, vytretieizbrisbrisanje[]strykningการตัดออกslime, çizme刪除викреслювання; витиранняحذفsự xóa bỏ

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McArdle, and I leave it to your discretion to delete, alter, or do what you like with it.
"Quit it, delete it, cease it," Chauncey Delarouse admonished testily.
 
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