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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb delete has 3 senses

• delete(v = verb.contact) cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived forms noun deletion₄, noun deletion₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• delete(v = verb.communication) erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
is one way to take away, take out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• delete(v = verb.change) blue-pencil, edit - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
is one way to censor
Derived forms noun deletion₄, noun deletion₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

delete

KO, abbreviate, abridge, abrupt, alienate, annul, black out, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, call off, cancel, cast off, cast out, censor, complete, cross out, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, dele, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, drop the curtain, edit, edit out, efface, eject, eliminate, end off, eradicate, erase, estrange, exclude, expel, expunge, expurgate, extinguish, finalize, finish, fold up, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus, isolate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, leave, obliterate, omit, part, perfect, polish off, pull away, pull back, pull out, put paid to, raze, remove, rescind, rub out, rule out, scrag, scratch, scratch out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shoot down, shut off, split, sponge, sponge out, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike, strike off, strike out, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, void, wipe out, withdraw, zap

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