Break and Delete

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Delete and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Delete" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

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Break and delete are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Delete".

Nearby Words: deletion, deleted, deleting, deleter

character	break character	delete character
people	break people	delete people
system	break system	delete system
record	break record	delete record
Other words: world, game, code, records.

He illegally alters Hooli software to automatically delete any news that speaks bad about them...only to have a reporter break the story first and has Gavin ripped on censorship.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Live-Action TV
However, when Samus ends up getting uploaded onto the Tourian network, she wastes no time in attempting to break Samus and attempts to force JD to delete her for good.

Source: Webcomic / Metroid: Third Derivative
To the point of the judge presiding the case offering to get Rebecca a police escort to help her break into Josh's place to delete the message from his phone.

Source: Series / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

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