dele-, deli- +

(Latin: to destroy, to efface, to abolish, to obliterate)


dele, deleing, deled
To delete; especially, from typeset matter.
deleble
Capable of being blotted out or erased.
delenda
Things to be erased or blotted out.
delete
1. To remove or to make invisible: "By all means, delete my name from your list".
2. Wipe out magnetically recorded information.
3. To score out or to erase something that is printed or written by striking out or canceling.
4. To erase or to remove something from a computer file or disk.
deleted
That which is eliminated; especially, by having been blotted out, cut out, or erased.
deleting
Removing from a written or electronic text, or the act of removing such a part.
deletion (s), deletions (pl)
1. The act of deleting; removal by striking out.
2. Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
3. Something erased, scored out, or removed from a text or a computer file or directory.
4. In genetics, the loss or absence of part of a chromosome, ranging from a pair of chemicals based pair to a whole chromosomal arm.
deletionism
A philosophy held by some Wikipedians that favors clear and relatively rigorous standards for accepting articles, templates, or other pages to the encyclopedia.

"Wikipedians" who broadly subscribe to this philosophy are likely to request that an article that they believe does not meet such standards be removed, or deleted.

deletionist
Anyone who favors, or is involved with, the deletion of a given passage or work.
deletitious
Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; such as, paper.
deletive
Adapted to destroy, to obliterate, or to wipe out.
deletory
That which blots out.
indelible
1. Impossible to remove, to erase, or to wash away; permanent; such as, indelible ink.
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: "Mother used an indelible pen for labeling our clothing."
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: "Up until he was 95, my father had an indelible memory."
indelibly, indelibility
Relating to indelible memories or actions which are impossible to forget, or to have a permanent influence or effect on others.

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