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deleted

deleted is the simple past and past participle of delete.

Adjective

deleted (comparative more deleted, superlative most deleted)

  1. Having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version.
    • the movie's deleted scenes
  2. (slang) Killed or murdered.

Meaning of delete

Verb

delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)

  1. (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
    • Early on in the model year [1968] Pontiac experienced some production problems [in producing polyurethane bumpers] regarding fit, matching paint color, and bonding the material to the base metal. As a result, 2,108 1968 GTOs left the factory with chrome bumpers borrowed from the LeMans. These cars...2009, Darwin Holmstrom, “Chapter 4: a maturing car for a maturing audience”, in GTO: Pontiac's Great One, Crestline Books, →ISBN, page 166
  2. (Internet, slang) To defeat or dominate.
    • Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.2020 November 20, “Enhance Arena positioning”, in Blizzard Forums (US)
  3. (slang, transitive) To kill or murder.
    • "Go find this guy, Alex," Conch had said. "And delete him."2008, Ted Bell, Assassin

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Forms of deleted

comparativemore deleted
superlativemost deleted

Words formed from deleted

Phrases with deleted

Questions about deleted

What does deleted mean?
Deleted means having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version.
What is deleted the simple past and past participle of?
Deleted is the simple past and past participle of delete.
What part of speech is deleted?
Deleted is an adjective.

Words near deleted in the dictionary

  1. deletants
  2. delete
  3. delete character
  4. delete characters
  5. deleteable
  6. deleted
  7. deleted scene
  8. deleted scenes
  9. deletee
  10. deletees
  11. deleter

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