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Ctrl-Alt-Deleting

Ctrl-Alt-Deleting is the present participle and gerund of Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Meaning of Ctrl-Alt-Delete

Verb

Ctrl-Alt-Delete (third-person singular simple present Ctrl-Alt-Deletes, present participle Ctrl-Alt-Deleting, simple past and past participle Ctrl-Alt-Deleted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, literal) To press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete simultaneously to restart.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To reset.

See all 4 meanings of Ctrl-Alt-Delete

Questions about Ctrl-Alt-Deleting

What is Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the present participle and gerund of?
Ctrl-Alt-Deleting is the present participle and gerund of Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Words near Ctrl-Alt-Deleting in the dictionary

  1. ctr.
  2. ctrl
  3. Ctrl-Alt-Delete
  4. Ctrl-Alt-Deleted
  5. Ctrl-Alt-Deletes
  6. Ctrl-Alt-Deleting
  7. ctrl-c
  8. ctrl-c'ed
  9. ctrl-c'ing
  10. ctrl-c's
  11. ctrl-v

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