Thesaurus results for DELETE

delete

verb

di-ˈlēt

Definition of delete

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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact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 Many posts written and shared by Hamam al Hamami on an X account that has since been deleted used derogatory language about women espoused by misogynistic online influencers. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Rear visibility is comes exclusively via a camera projecting onto a digital mirror – because the car completely deletes the rear window. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 Adding, deleting, and moving multiple devices is still deeply painful, and the app experience is Alexa’s biggest flaw. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Flock Safety to delete the personal data of people without a criminal record and to answer questions about the use of that data in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley on Sunday. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for delete

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One person was killed in a strike on Riyadh airport, a Saudia Airlines plane was reportedly in flames, and hundreds of flights have been canceled.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
To try to ease tensions during loud stretches of construction, Zuckerberg’s staff handed out gifts like noise-canceling headphones.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of cancel

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Still, her father’s dinner does not erase his refusal to recognize her gender; his refusal does not make the dinner or hospital bill imaginary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
But that doesn’t erase the fact that Gromit breaking kayfabe for his memoir sucks.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of erase

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Other organizations abandoned associations with Hastert, and his portrait was removed from a hallway outside the House chamber.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Community organizations spent decades cultivating wealthy baby boomer donors, and so that connection fades with each generation removed from the original donors.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026

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