dele | Definition of dele

Synonyms and Antonyms of dele

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos

Synonyms of dele

blue-pencil, cancel, cross (out), delete, edit (out), elide, kill, scratch (out), strike (out), stroke (out), x (out)

Words Related to dele

blot out, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, obliterate, root (out), rub out, wipe out

bleep, blip, clip, cut, excise, remove

bowdlerize, censor, clean (up), expurgate, launder, redact, red-pencil

abbreviate, crop, shorten

black out, repress, silence, suppress

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