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Dele

/ˈdiːliː/

A sign signifying deletion

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noun
  1. 1

    A sign signifying deletion

verb
  1. 1

    (usually imperative) to delete

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dele"

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expungeverb(transitive) To erase or strike out.
eraseverb(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
removeverb(transitive) To delete.
eliminateverb(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
eradicateverb(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
expurgateverb(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
cancelverb(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
excisenounTo cut out; to remove.
strikenoun(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
commanoun(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
strikeoutnoun(countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.
delabelnounTo remove one or more labels from.
deletenoun(computing) A deletion.
deliminateverb(chiefly computing) To delimit.
deformatnoun(transitive, computing) To remove the formatting from.
redeleteverb(transitive, rare) To delete again.
autodeleteverb(computing, transitive, intransitive) To delete automatically.
divellicateverbTo detach, rip apart.
delethalizeverb(transitive) to make not lethal, or less lethal
divelnoun(dialect or archaic) Alternative spelling of devil. [(theology) The chief devil; Satan.]

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