as in to cancel
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact
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Recent Examples of delete
Since then, Hurricane Butterfly has deleted any social media platforms related to the company.
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2025
The post has since been deleted and the NFL player's account appears to be deactivated.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The clip has been deleted from her account, but reshared widely across social media.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Despite the original video being deleted, the footage continues to be shared across social media, drawing ire worldwide.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2025
The post has since been deleted and the NFL player's account appears to be deactivated.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The clip has been deleted from her account, but reshared widely across social media.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Despite the original video being deleted, the footage continues to be shared across social media, drawing ire worldwide.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delete
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Under President Barack Obama, the department took steps to cancel accreditors for a now-defunct for-profit college chain, but the Trump administration blocked the move.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Also canceled: one study looking at reducing maternal mortality in New York and another on treatments for long COVID, The New York Times reports.—
Erica Pandey,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Time travel stories often feature grim themes of destruction and butterfly effect scenarios where even a single change can lead to disastrous outcomes (like Marty almost erasing himself from existence in Back to the Future).—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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That’s the short list of what this state’s brilliant educational minds, who are clearly raising absolutely no teenage boys, expect to erase.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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To avoid further misconceptions, the ownership group decided to remove any references to Elvis the man—including the plaster bust.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, recently reshuffled several committee assignments, removing or reassigning Republican members.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Orange County Register,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Davidson, an attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts, said removing the articles and censoring medical research is a serious constitutional violation.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Three years later, as part of that push, Wynn-Williams said Facebook considered a strategy to enter the country that would involve partnering with a Chinese company that would censor and hand over user data on behalf of the Chinese government.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delete. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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