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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To remove by striking out or canceling: deleted some unnecessary words in the first draft. See Synonyms at erase.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To blot out; expunge; erase.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of Delete.
  2. v. To remove, get rid of, erase.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. cut or eliminate
  2. v. remove or make invisible
  3. v. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

Etymologies

  1. Latin dēlēre, dēlēt-, to wipe out.

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‘delete’ has been looked up 1556 times, added to 21 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 7.