From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre ("destroy, blot out, efface"), from dēlēvī, originally perf.

• IPA: /dɪˈliːt/, /diˈliːt/, /dəˈliːt/

delete (deletes, present participle deleting; simple past and past participle deleted)

1. (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]

   Synonyms: erase, clear, strike, terminate, remove, Thesaurus:delete

   Antonyms: insert, maintain, restore, stet#Verb

2. (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
3. (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.

• deleterious (possibly)
• deletion
• deleter
• delible
• self-delete

• French: supprimer
• German: streichen, löschen
• Italian: cancellare, eliminare
• Portuguese: apagar, (Brazil) excluir, (Brazil) deletar, (Portugal) eliminar
• Russian: удаля́ть
• Spanish: borrar

delete (plural deletes)

1. (computing) A deletion.
   • 2003, Jeffrey P. McManus, Jackie Goldstein, Kevin T. Price, Database Access with Visual Basic .NET, page 30:

     Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine.

2. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
3. (uncountable) Alternative case form of Delete
4. (computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F).

From the verb delete.

delete (plural deletes)

1. (computing) A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer. The key also erases text from left to right, unlike the backspace key.

• French: touche de suppression
• German: Entfernen
• Spanish: suprimir