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Delete

🔄 Synonyms of "Delete"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
blue-pencilverb	(transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
eraseverb	(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
cancelverb	(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
tapenoun	Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
recordnoun	An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
eraseverb	(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
cancelverb	(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
blue-pencilverb	(transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
deletionnoun	The act of deleting.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
effaceverb	(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
erasurenoun	The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
removingnoun	removal
removalnoun	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
disbandverb	(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
dispelverb	(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
eliminationnoun	The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
abolishmentnoun	The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
dissipateverb	(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
abolishverb	To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
disposeverb	(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
obliterateverb	(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
terminateverb	(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.