Synonyms for delete
dɪˈlitdelete

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1. deleteverb

   To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

   Synonyms:
   blue-pencil, scrub, erase, expunge, strike out, cross out, strike, cease existence, eliminate, remove, scrap, terminate, rub out, score, obliterate, cancel, squelch, scratch, exclude

   Antonyms:
   maintain

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. delete, cancelverb

   remove or make invisible

   "Please delete my name from your list"

   Synonyms:
   set off, edit, invalidate, scrub, strike down, blue-pencil, cancel, erase, scratch, call off, offset

2. erase, deleteverb

   wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

   "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

   Synonyms:
   efface, edit, rub out, score out, wipe off, cancel, blue-pencil, wipe out, erase

3. edit, blue-pencil, deleteverb

   cut or eliminate

   "she edited the juiciest scenes"

   Synonyms:
   edit, edit out, cancel, blue-pencil, cut, redact, erase

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1. deleteverb

   Synonyms:
   erase, efface, remove, dele, blot out

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1. List of paraphrases for "delete":

   eliminate, remove, deletion, suppress, deleted, abolish, deleting, eliminating, erase, elimination, removing, deletes, eliminates, eradicate, suppressing, removal, abolition, removed, wipe, removes, abolishment, eliminated, phase-out, erasure, suppression, clear, suppresses, cancel

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1. List of known nicknames for "Delete":

   Matīss Kukainis

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How to use delete in a sentence?

1. Google Maps:

   There are a number of different ways that Google may use location to improve people’s experience, including: Location History, Web and App Activity, and through device-level Location Services, we provide clear descriptions of these tools, and robust controls so people can turn them on or off, and delete their histories at any time.

2. Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi:

   I know that you cannot delete many things from the final draft of the SDGs. So you can play with some words here and there, to be very practical and pragmatic, so we have to find strong allies in the governments - even for two or three words to be incorporated into it.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   They didn't just push the delete button. They had them deleted where even God can't read them.

4. Marie Kondo:

   Then delete the rest ! Stop keeping komono' just because,'.

5. Ahmed Hussein:

   Life is just a jorney between Delete and Recycle Bin !!