delete
noun/dɪˈliːt/
/dɪˈliːt/
[uncountable]- a key or command on a computer, phone, etc. that removes text, records or images
- Just use delete to remove a specific record from the database.
- I accidentally pressed delete.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.Definitions on the go
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