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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Messages sent through the app are not centrally recorded and therefore are difficult to obtain if users delete them.
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Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Kleiman deleted his original post but has not clarified or acknowledged his previous report since Hopkins spoke out.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
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Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Kleiman deleted his original post but has not clarified or acknowledged his previous report since Hopkins spoke out.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for delete
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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