deletions
Struck out passages
Deletions are things that have been removed or cut out.
In editing, deletions are words, sentences, or passages struck from a text: The editor's deletions improved the manuscript.
In genetics, a deletion is a mutation where part of a chromosome or DNA sequence is lost.
The word emphasizes absence—what was there and now isn't.
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- absenceState of not being
- voidWithout legal effect
emptiness · erasure · forgetting · vanishing · disappearance · fading · loss · gone
Being barred from participation
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- gapUnfilled space between
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- silenceTotal lack of sound
absence · censorship · suppression · redaction · expurgation · bowdlerization · memory hole · whitewashing
Delete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- effaceEliminate from view
- wipeRub to clean
- eraseRemove recorded marks
shred · destroy · annihilate · extirpate · purge · excise · expurgate · scrub
Cutting out of tissue
- extractionAct of removing
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
disposal · expulsion · retraction · revocation · annulment · withdrawal · pruning · culling
Checking text for mistakes
- revisingAltering to improve
- redactingObscuring text for secrecy
- trimmingCutting away excess
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
shortening · condensing · paring · simplifying · streamlining · tightening · correcting · amending
Delete installed software
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
- formatArrangement and presentation style
wipe · backspace · undo · clear · unsubscribe · deactivate · remove · archive
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- absenceState of not being
void · emptiness · erasure · forgetting · vanishing · disappearance · fading · loss · gone · missing
exclusion
Being barred from participation
silence · absence · censorship · suppression · redaction · expurgation · bowdlerization · memory hole · whitewashing · selective editing
expunge
Delete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- effaceEliminate from view
- wipeRub to clean
erase · shred · destroy · annihilate · extirpate · purge · excise · expurgate · scrub · sanitize
excision
Cutting out of tissue
- extractionAct of removing
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
clearance · disposal · expulsion · retraction · revocation · annulment · withdrawal · pruning · culling · weeding
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
cutting · shortening · condensing · paring · simplifying · streamlining · tightening · correcting · amending · modifying
uninstall
Delete installed software
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
format · wipe · backspace · undo · clear · unsubscribe · deactivate · remove · archive · cache clearing
- Genetic Mutationsmutations, point mutation, mutagenesis, gene mutation, nonsense
- guest listsguests, invitees, attendees, names, RSVPs
- editing termscopy editing, line editing, corrections, revision, markup
- Genome Instabilitymutation, mutations, DNA damage, insertions, translocations
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
- contactsfriend, family, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances
deletionsadditions
Things joined to existing wholes
insertions · inclusions · incorporations · appends · supplements
deletionsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
preservations · conservations · restorations · maintenances · salvagings
deletionsadditions
Things joined to existing wholes
insertions · inclusions · incorporations · appends · inputs
- account deletionRemoving user profile permanently