delete

Definition of Delete in English :

1. cancel, delete

remove or make invisible

Example Sentences:
'Please delete my name from your list'

2. delete, erase

wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

Example Sentences:
'Who erased the files form my hard disk?'

3. blue-pencil, delete, edit

cut or eliminate

Example Sentences:
'she edited the juiciest scenes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Delete

verb

(transitive)

to remove (something printed or written); erase; cancel; strike out

verb transitiveWord forms: deˈleted or deˈleting

to take out (a printed or written letter, word, etc.); cross out

tr.v. de·let·ed, de·let·ing, de·letes

1.

a. To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived: deleted the expletives from the transcript with a marker.

b. To remove from a document or record: deleted the names from the computer file. See Synonyms at erase.

2. To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.