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DELETE
edit, blue-pencil, delete
(verb) cut or eliminate; “she edited the juiciest scenes”
erase, delete
(verb) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; “Who erased the files from my hard disk?”
delete, cancel
(verb) remove or make invisible; “Please delete my name from your list”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
Synonyms: erase, clear, strike, terminate, remove, Thesaurus:delete
Antonyms: insert, main
Noun
delete (plural deletes)
(computing) A deletion.
(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
(uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete
Noun
Delete (plural Deletes)
A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer.
Source: Wiktionary
De*lete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting.] Etym: [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.]
Definition: 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. Aytoun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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