Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to deletion; deleting or erasing.
Wiktionary
- adj. Tending to delete or obliterate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. rare Adapted to destroy or obliterate.
Etymologies
- delete + -ive (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This type of offensive word replacement is known as a minced oath or pseudo-profanity or expletive-deletive.”
“Then, a pop singer, TV Star, Academy Award-Winning Actress, Disco Diva, home decorator, fleeting deletive tosser at Awards Shows, and a fashion icon.”
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