delete

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
2. (Internet, slang) To defeat or dominate.
3. (slang, transitive) To kill or murder.

Noun

1. A deletion.
2. A remainder of a music or video release.
3. (alt-of, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete.
4. The delete character (U+007F or %7F).

Opposite of

insert, maintain, restore, stet#Verb

Synonyms

erase

remove

cancel

cross out

omit

strike out

wipe off

wipe out

expunge

wipe

efface

eliminate

take away

obliterate

abolish

blot out

do away with

get rid of

write off

subtract

excise

𐐼𐐨𐑊𐐨𐐻

strike off

edit

extinguish

void

cut out

abstract

blue-pencil

deduct

suppress

cross off

abrogate

strip

take

wipe away

scratch out

scrap

stem

dispense with

rescind

rid

rub out

score out

clear

strike

extirpate

annul

drop

kill

🔪🩸👤

Translations

löschen

supprimer

effacer

cancellare

borrar

silmek

entfernen

διαγράφω

apagar

suprimir

rayer

verwijderen

esborrar

radieren

εξαλείφω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈliːt/

Etymology

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.