delete | Definition of delete

Synonyms and Antonyms of delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact

Synonyms of delete

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

Words Related to delete

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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