delete

dɪˈliːt

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#1·6h ago

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

Early on in the model year [1968] Pontiac experienced some production problems [in producing polyurethane bumpers] regarding fit, matching paint color, and bonding the material to the base metal. As a result, 2,108 1968 GTOs left the fac…

Origin: From , past participle of destroy, blot out, efface, from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of to daub, erase by smudging, from from, away + to smear, wipe. Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.

"Go find this guy, Alex," Conch had said. "And delete him."

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(transitive, slang) To kill or murder.

"The less we discover about him, the more we are convinced he needs to be deleted...""Yes. In other words I kill a terrorist, right?"

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