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1. Remove or make invisible
   "Please delete my name from your list"
   - cancel
    
2. Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
   "Who deleted the files form my hard disk?"
   - erase
    
3. Cut or eliminate
   "she deleted the juiciest scenes"
   - edit, blue-pencil

1. (computing) key on a computer keyboard for deleting text or other objects that are selected or at the current cursor position
   - delete key

Derived forms: deleted, deletes, deleting

See also: deletion

Type of: censor, remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Delete