Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to deletion; deleting or erasing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Adapted to destroy or obliterate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to
delete orobliterate .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
delete + -ive
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Examples
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This type of offensive word replacement is known as a minced oath or pseudo-profanity or expletive-deletive.
Planet-x.com.au » What The Frak? Is It Really Swearing? 2009
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Then, a pop singer, TV Star, Academy Award-Winning Actress, Disco Diva, home decorator, fleeting deletive tosser at Awards Shows, and a fashion icon.
Cher…Diva returns to Caesars in Vegas! August 30th… « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008
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