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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 clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) worse than we thought. No fuckin' way. Give me that. Wait. We look at these pictures together, okay? One time. And then we delete the evidences. I say we delete it right now. Are you nuts? I wanna find out how I wind up in the hospital. Is that in there? Yeah, it's in there. (..)
    2009 The Hangover