DELETING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

deleting

verb

present participle of delete

as in canceling

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact

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Recent Examples of deleting Callaway Golf and Good Good Golf are facing backlash after posting, then deleting, a controversial ad that depicted a man pushing a woman to the ground. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Keep in mind that deleting one memory may not erase every source containing that information. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The rhetorical trick consists in deleting the principal from the sentence. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Last month, a judge blocked Iron Mountain from deleting or modifying the data. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 Tome is also accused of intentionally deleting digital evidences, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 Opexus has received more than $50 million in federal contracts, according to a Bloomberg report, and has come under fire for lax cybersecurity standards after two of its employees were indicted for deleting and compromising government data. — Al Shaw, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2026 Designed to solve dorm room console storage struggles, this officially licensed 5TB Seagate Game Drive lets gamers vault their entire library without deleting titles. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

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Verb

No, fans weren’t punishing USC for canceling the Notre Dame series.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Between 2019 and 2021, for example, the president proposed canceling Roman (then called WFIRST) three separate times in three different budget requests.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of canceling

Verb

But Bama followed with a 38-3 quarterfinal flop to Indiana, erasing any momentum and placing DeBoer squarely under the microscope entering a pivotal third season.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
The 68-year-old also lost her husband and her son, who worked at a local hydropower plant, in the flash floods that hit the region on Wednesday, erasing entire communities.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of erasing

Verb

The purpose of the system is therefore to create coherence without removing the judgment required to communicate with sensitivity.

— Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
From removing stubborn stains to softening scratchy towels, vinegar consistently tackles the problems that detergents and fabric softeners sometimes leave behind.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of removing

Verb

Aguirre’s interviews are carefully edited with bleeps, censoring the ‘cabr—s’, the ‘hijos de p—s’ and ‘carambas’.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026

Definition of censoring

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