Delete

Noun

 * I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete.
 * I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete.

Verb

 * 1) To remove, get rid of, erase.

Synonyms
remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch
 * : erase, strike, terminate, cease existence,

Antonyms

 * : maintain

Related terms

 * deleterious
 * deletion

Thesaurus
KO, abbreviate, abridge, abrupt, alienate, annul, black out, blot, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, call off, cancel, cast off, cast out, censor, complete, cross out, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, dele, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, drop the curtain, edit, edit out, efface, eject, eliminate, end off, eradicate, erase, estrange, exclude, expel, expunge, expurgate, extinguish, finalize, finish, fold up, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus, isolate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, leave, obliterate, omit, part, perfect, polish off, pull away, pull back, pull out, put paid to, raze, remove, rescind, rub out, rule out, scrag, scratch, scratch out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shoot down, shut off, split, sponge, sponge out, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike, strike off, strike out, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, void, wipe out, withdraw, zap

Etymology
From deletus, past participle of delere "destroy, blot out, efface," from delevi, originally perf. tense of delinere "to daub, erase by smudging," from de- "from, away" + linere "to smear, wipe."

Translations

 * Arabic: حذف, يحذف (present tense)
 * Bulgarian: премахвам, изтривам
 * Chinese:
 * Czech: vymazat, smazat
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: scrios


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 消す (けす, kesu), 削除する (さくじょする, sakujo-suru)
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 삭제하다 (sakjehada)
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, удалить
 * Scottish Gaelic: sguab às
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: silmek
 * Welsh: