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Synonyms for delete
dɪˈlitdelete

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Wiktionary4.0 / 2 votes

  1. deleteverb

    To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

    Synonyms:
    blue-pencil, scrub, erase, expunge, strike out, cross out, strike, cease existence, eliminate, remove, scrap, terminate, rub out, score, obliterate, cancel, squelch, scratch, exclude

    Antonyms:
    maintain

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. delete, cancelverb

    remove or make invisible

    "Please delete my name from your list"

    Synonyms:
    set off, edit, invalidate, scrub, strike down, blue-pencil, cancel, erase, scratch, call off, offset

  2. erase, deleteverb

    wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

    "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

    Synonyms:
    efface, edit, rub out, score out, wipe off, cancel, blue-pencil, wipe out, erase

  3. edit, blue-pencil, deleteverb

    cut or eliminate

    "she edited the juiciest scenes"

    Synonyms:
    edit, edit out, cancel, blue-pencil, cut, redact, erase

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deleteverb

    Synonyms:
    erase, efface, remove, dele, blot out

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Delete":

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How to use delete in a sentence?

  1. White House:

    These new measures include provisions that make it harder for people to register to vote, curtail mail-in voting and early voting, and make it easier for state officials to simply delete your voter registration.

  2. The ECHL:

    Hey @jacobpanetta you shouldn't be so quick delete your Twitter or your Instagram account you will probably be able to play again... that's what history says but things are changing.

  3. Ahmed Hussein:

    Life is just a jorney between Delete and Recycle Bin !!

  4. Konstantinos Papamiltiadis:

    Although Andrea Downing've seen no evidence of abuse, Andrea Downing will ask Fred Trotter to delete any member data Fred Trotter may have retained and Andrea Downing will conduct audits to confirm that it has been deleted.

  5. Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy:

    There are at least three separate legal obligations that should have informed and instructed her not to delete emails or wipe her server clean.


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