| delete | (v) remove or make invisible, Syn. cancel, Example: Please delete my name from your list |
| deleterious | (adj) harmful to living things, Syn. hurtful, injurious, Example: deleterious chemical additives |
| deletion | (n) (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome |
| deletion | (n) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage, Syn. excision, cut, Example: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause |
| deletion | (n) the act of deleting something written or printed |
| Delete | v. t. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deleterious | a. [ LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. |
| Deletery | n. That which destroys. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] They [ the Scriptures ] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deletery | a. [ LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère. ] Destructive; poisonous. [ Obs. ] “Deletery medicines.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deletion | n. [ L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete. ] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deletitious | a. [ L. deleticius. ] Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deletive | a. Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deletory | n. [ See Delete. ] That which blots out. [ Obs. ] “A deletory of sin.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |