delete

[de·lete]

The author looked at the computer screen in horror. With one keystroke she had deleted her entire manuscript. Delete means to erase.

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To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

Verb
cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"

Verb
wipe out magnetically recorded information

Verb
remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"


v. t.
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.


Delete

De*lete" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

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Usage Examples

Delete the negative accentuate the positive!

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

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