delete

verb

de·lete di-ˈlēt

dē-

deleted; deleting

transitive verb

: 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.

deletable

di-ˈlē-tə-bəl

dē-

adjective

an easily deletable photo

Example Sentences

Delete this name from the list. When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.

Recent Examples on the Web Federal prosecutors say Bateman was recorded on a jail phone call instructing another man to delete the account.

Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022 Federal law requires that credit-reporting firms investigate when consumers say there are errors on their reports, and correct or delete the information if the consumers are right.

Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022 The immigrant advocacy group Human Rights First notified ICE officials about the data breach on Monday and shortly after, the agency took steps to delete the data from its website.

Hamed Aleazizstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022 In fact, 37 people who attempted to delete their location data following the attacks were singled out by the FBI for greater scrutiny.

WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022 My survivors might feel obligated to delete their vacation pics, and that shall not be my legacy.

Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022 Regaining access to Twitter at the time required the publication to delete the offensive tweet, but the Babylon Bee refused.

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022 Regaining access to Twitter at the time required the publication to delete the offensive tweet, but the Babylon Bee refused.

Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2022 Like dominoes, the first account takeover had allowed the hacker to snap up the business pages and delete the administrative access of the business owners.

Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022 See More

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