dele-, deli- +

To delete; especially, from typeset matter.

Capable of being blotted out or erased.

Things to be erased or blotted out.

1. To get rid of something or to make it disappear: Such items as words, pictures, or computer files are just a few of the things that can be deleted from documents, recordings, computers, etc.

Sam asked the travel agent to delete his name from her reservation list because he wouldn't be able to go on the trip after all.

A woman was working on a computer in an office and the electronic device for storing and processing data suddenly disappeared, and she said, "All I did was hit the button that says delete and that is what happened."

2. Etymology: borrowed from Latin deletus; the past participle of delere, "to destroy, to blot out"; derivatives of the elements: de, "from, away" + linere, "to smear, to wipe". © ALL rights are reserved.

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That which is eliminated; especially, by having been blotted out, cut out, or erased.

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.

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.

Anyone who favors, or is involved with, the deletion of a given passage or work.

Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; such as, paper.

Adapted to destroy, to obliterate, or to wipe out.

That which blots out.

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."

Relating to indelible memories or actions which are impossible to forget, or to have a permanent influence or effect on others.