Synonyms for delete
dɪˈlitdelete

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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

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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

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1. deleteverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "delete":

   eliminate, remove, deletion, suppress, deleted, abolish, deleting, eliminating, erase, elimination, removing, deletes, eliminates, eradicate, suppressing, removal, abolition, removed, wipe, removes, abolishment, eliminated, phase-out, erasure, suppression, clear, suppresses, cancel

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1. List of known nicknames for "Delete":

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1. Sami Steigmann:

   We have to face something that we never have before, and it’s something that causes it, the anti-Semitism, to be as powerful as it is, and that is social media, we have, right now, big high-tech companies that not only can, but they do control who says what. If they don't like what you have to say, they can delete your account and ‘put you in jail.’.

2. Mark Ostrowski:

   I'd never thought I would buy steak online, but I'm buying steak online, people really need to keep track of their footprint and go through and delete accounts, remove credit cards, move personal information off a lot of these things after they do their purchasing — especially if it's a one-time type purchase.

3. 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.

4. Joshua James:

   It would try to delete essentially all your files... then restart the system. You would come back up and nothing would be there, if it infected more financial systems, it could have deleted all financial data in North Korea. I mean, it is dangerous.

5. 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.