deleting

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

   Synonyms:

   erase, clear, strike, terminate, remove

   Antonyms:

   insert, maintain, restore, stet

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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