delete

[dih-leet] / dɪˈlit /

VERB

erase, remove

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annul black out cross out cut out destroy eliminate erase expunge omit remove wipe out

STRONG

bleep blue pencil cancel censor cut drop edit efface exclude expurgate obliterate rub snip squash squelch trim unsend

WEAK

X out blot out clean up pass up rub out rule out strike out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add include keep restore

STRONG

accept allow

WEAK

put in

Example Sentences

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In a Facebook post, which has since been deleted, the state-run English-language news channel, Press TV, shared a video of a burning building, with plumes of smoke rising into the air.

From BBC

Those messages have since been deleted from his X account.

From BBC

The judge wasn’t amused and said that any video recordings made by such devices needed to be deleted ASAP.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nonprofit Committee on Publication Ethics says “authorship problems or misconduct can include a ghost author, someone who is omitted or deleted from an author list despite qualifying for authorship.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They can take liberties: A Meta executive posted that her OpenClaw bots began deleting her inbox despite instructions to seek confirmation before acting.

From The Wall Street Journal

delete

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