delete
verb (used with object)
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
deleted
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past participleof delete.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof delete.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
deleteverb (used with object)to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
Example Sentences
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The students stopped the recording, deleted the video and gave the device to a teacher, the Tracy Police Department said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
After several weeks of this doomscrolling, she deleted all of her social media apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
When I deleted the app, I felt a wave of relief.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
To investigate the receptor's role more closely, Andreasson's laboratory engineered mice whose EP2 gene could be deleted at a time chosen by the scientists, specifically in tissue-resident macrophages.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
We stared at each other as I tried to figure out which third would get deleted.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
