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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.

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

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delete

Verb

[-leting, -leted] to remove or cross out (something printed or written) [Latin delere]

deletion n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	delete - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" cancel 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?" erase 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" blue-pencil, edit censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

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delete

verb remove, cancel, cut out, erase, edit, excise, strike out, obliterate, efface, blot out, cross out, expunge, dele, rub out, edit out, blue-pencil

Translations

delete [dɪˈliːt] vt → suprimir, tachar;

(COMPUT) → suprimir, borrar

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delete [dɪˈliːt] vt → rayer, supprimer;

(Comput) → effacer

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delete [dɪˈliːt] vt → streichen;

(Comput) → löschen

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delete [dɪˈliːt] vt (gen), (COMPUT) → cancellare