deletion
noun
de·le·tion
| \ di-ˈlē-shən
, dē-\
, dē-\
Definition of deletion
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Examples of deletion in a Sentence
one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue
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The report also hinted at some intriguing new findings — but their effect was muted by the scope of the deletions demanded by intelligence agencies. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, "Russia Targeted Election Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds," 25 July 2019 The list of deletions goes on: Requirements that neighborhoods open their meetings to the public and retain copies of records. — oregonlive.com, "Neighborhood associations agonize as Portland moves to purge them from code," 22 July 2019 Hunt says that's a reference to Nintendo's Earthbound character of the same name, which served as the inspiration for his handle, and shouldn't serve as a cause for deletion. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons," 16 July 2019 OneDrive Personal Vault also includes the other protections Microsoft has previously built into OneDrive: ransomware protection, at-rest encryption, mass file deletion and recovery, virus scanning on download, and version history. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft adds OneDrive Personal Vault to secure your critical files and increases storage options," 25 June 2019 Burgio, too, thinks that the edits probably led to other deletions or insertions that are difficult to detect, as is often the case with gene editing. — David Cyranoski, Scientific American, "Russian Biologist Plans More CRISPR-Edited Babies," 11 June 2019 Livestreams are similarly scanned for third-party content, something that can result in a full copyright strike and the deletion of an account once a user reaches three strikes. — Emily Gera, The Verge, "Record labels have a new target: streamers and gamers," 26 July 2019 The report also makes no mention of Mueller playing any role in the deletion of texts. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Trump attacks Mueller after hearing he will testify before House," 26 June 2019 Users who violate the guidelines will be banned from commenting, with their previous comments subject to deletion. — Los Angeles Times, "Commenting guidelines," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deletion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for deletion
deletion
noun
de·le·tion
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Kids Definition of deletion
1
: an act of taking out
The deletion of the file was a mistake.
2
: something taken out
deletion
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de·le·tion
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Medical Definition of deletion
1
: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome
2
: the mutational process that results in a deletion
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