delete
Wipe from existence
Delete means to remove or erase something.
The word applies to text, files, data, or anything that can be eliminated: Delete that paragraph, I accidentally deleted the photos.
In computing, the delete key removes characters or selected items.
Figuratively, to delete someone is to cut them out of your life: She deleted him after the breakup.
Keyboard's leftward eraser
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
- trash folderStorage for deleted items
- uninstallDelete installed software
- formatArrangement and presentation style
overwrite · wipe · corrupted · keystroke · undo · revert · filename · storage
Deliberately throw out
- disposeArrange or settle
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
extract · withdraw · omit · eject · jettison · excise · eliminate · eradicate
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- demolishDestroy completely
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
eradicate · wipe out · decimate · extinguish · liquidate · extirpate · raze · eliminate
Snow blindness weather
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- cross outEliminate by marking
- strike throughDelete by line
- rub outErase or kill
blot out · scratch out · efface · obliterate · blank out · cover up · marker · correction fluid
Conceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- black outLose consciousness briefly
bleep · bowdlerize · edit out · cut · remove · classified · sensitive · restricted
backspace
Keyboard's leftward eraser
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
- trash folderStorage for deleted items
- uninstallDelete installed software
format · overwrite · wipe · corrupted · keystroke · undo · revert · filename · storage · partition
discard
Deliberately throw out
purge · extract · withdraw · omit · eject · jettison · excise · eliminate · eradicate · strip
annihilate
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- demolishDestroy completely
devastate · eradicate · wipe out · decimate · extinguish · liquidate · extirpate · raze · eliminate · purge
whiteout
Snow blindness weather
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- cross outEliminate by marking
- strike throughDelete by line
rub out · blot out · scratch out · efface · obliterate · blank out · cover up · marker · correction fluid · strikethrough
redact
Conceal text for secrecy
black out · bleep · bowdlerize · edit out · cut · remove · classified · sensitive · restricted · confidential
abort
End before completion
discontinue · revoke · rescind · retract · abandon · scrub · nullify · annul · void · invalidate
blot out
Conceal entirely from sight
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- repressHold back forcibly
- disrememberFail to recall
- button labelssubmit, cancel, save, edit, confirm
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- desktop computingdesktop, mouse, keyboard, monitor, cursor
- emailinbox, from, send, to, outbox
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- blot outerase, wipe out, cross out, scratch out, efface
- deleted scenesFootage removed before release
- delete charactersRemove typed symbols
- ctrl alt deleteEmergency keyboard shortcut
- deleted footageRemoved recorded material
- control alt deleteSystem recovery shortcut
- delete accountRemove online membership permanently
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