Verb: delete di'leet
- Remove or make invisible
"Please delete my name from your list";
- cancel
- Remove digitally or magnetically recorded information
"Who deleted the files from my hard disk?";
- erase, wipe, scrub
- Cut or eliminate
"she deleted the juiciest scenes";
- edit, blue-pencil
- (computing) key on a computer keyboard for deleting text or other objects that are selected or at the current cursor position
"She pressed the delete key to remove the typo";
- delete key
Derived forms: deleted, deletes, deleting
Type of: censor, fish out [informal], remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw
Antonym: record
Encyclopedia: Delete