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DELETE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut or eliminate

Example:

she edited the juiciest scenes

Synonyms:

blue-pencil; delete; edit

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "delete" is one way to...):

censor (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)

deletion (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

Example:

Who erased the files from my hard disk?

Synonyms:

delete; erase

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "delete" is one way to...):

take away; take out (take out or remove)

Domain category:

recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "delete"):

demagnetise; demagnetize (erase (a magnetic storage device))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Remove or make invisible

Example:

Please delete my name from your list

Synonyms:

cancel; delete

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "delete" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "delete"):

efface; erase; rub out; score out; wipe off (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing)

excise; expunge; scratch; strike (remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)

deletion (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage)

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 Context examples: 

A radioimmunoconjugate consisting of the humanized CH2 domain-deleted monoclonal antibody CC49 and iodine I 131 with antineoplastic activity.

(Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody CC49-deltaCH2, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroattenuated, replication-restricted, ICP34.5 deleted (RL1 gene)-mutant herpes simplex virus (HSV) type I, constructed from wild-type strain 17, with potential oncolytic activity.

(Oncolytic HSV1716, NCI Thesaurus)

The GLTSCR1 gene is frequently deleted in gliomas.

(GLTSCR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 protein, plays a role in the immune system.

(DMBT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Permission that allows a user or program the ability to view information, modify and add information, and delete information.

(Full Permission, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in CDKN3 allele have been identified in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the allele is deleted, mutated, or overexpressed in several kinds of cancers.

(CDKN3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The allele is frequently mutated or deleted in a wide variety of tumors, and is known to be an important tumor suppressor gene.

(CDKN2A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers deleted genes in C. elegans to see if they could interrupt the path between brain serotonin and fat burning.

(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Deleting PIEZO2 eliminated gentle touch sensations in mice as well as those felt during inflammation and injury.

(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)

When they deleted a gene for an H2S-producing enzyme in mice, the protective effects of dietary restriction were lost.

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)