deleted; deleting
: 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.
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Examples of delete in a Sentence
Delete this name from the list.
When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
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Failing to choose the correct privacy settings, and possibly update Google Maps in the process, will mean that all saved visit and route data will be deleted.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
In one case, authorities allege, Alcala texted himself a video and deleted evidence of the text.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Court documents allege that Wagner coerced social media companies into deleting accounts of his critics and, in one instance, used a fake death certificate of a former investor to have their profile removed.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
Yes, but: The company does allow customers to delete data from their conversations with the Meta AI chatbot.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
In one case, authorities allege, Alcala texted himself a video and deleted evidence of the text.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Court documents allege that Wagner coerced social media companies into deleting accounts of his critics and, in one instance, used a fake death certificate of a former investor to have their profile removed.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
Yes, but: The company does allow customers to delete data from their conversations with the Meta AI chatbot.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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delete
verb
de·lete
di-ˈlēt 
deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a part of the story
delete a computer file
deletion
noun
di-ˈlē-shən
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