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delete

Definition

  • verb: to remove (something, such as words, pictures, or computer files) from a document, recording, computer, etc.
  • verb: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
  • synonyms: ko, abbreviate, abridge

Examples

  • When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been 'deleted'.

  • She accidentally 'deleted' [='erased'] the file/e-mail.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and I can't shake it off. - You could try hypnosis. - What? You could go to a hypnotist. He just kind of enters your brain and deletes all the bad memories. - Yeah, right. - I've tried it. And did it work? No. Exactly. (..)
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