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   de·lete

   /dəˈlēt/

   verb

   • 1. remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign: "the passage was deleted"
   • ▪ remove (data) from a computer's memory: "any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded"
   • ▪ remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalog of those available for purchase: "their EMI release has already been deleted"
   • ▪ (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence: "if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in"

   noun

   • 1. a command or key on a computer which erases text: "you can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deletable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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     2

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

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   • E

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