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delete
delete key
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delete

de·lete [ di lt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle de·let·ed, present participle de·let·ing, 3rd person present singular de·letes)
Definition:
 
1. score something out: to score out or erase something that is printed or written

2. remove something from computer file: to erase or remove something from a computer file or disk



noun  (plural de·letes)
Definition:
 

Same as  delete key

Click on the icon for that file and then hit delete.

[15th century. < Latin delet-, past participle of delere "blot out, efface"]
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