Delete
Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.
Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| character | delete character | hit character |
| people | delete people | hit people |
| someone | delete someone | hit someone |
| characters | delete characters | hit characters |
| Other words: units. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Wham Episode: Danny is hit by a driver and killed, sent to the Nethersphere, and meets the innocent child he killed in battle, and is tempted to delete his emotions to get rid of the pain of both that and having to say goodbye to Clara.
- Slipped in for laughs in Black Mesa, by a scientist who suggests to a guard whose computer has hit a blue-screen, "Try hitting Control-Alt-Delete".note Hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del while on a blue screen in Windows 9x will reboot the system.
Source: Have You Tried Rebooting?
Cite this Source
Hit and Delete. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/hit
Delete & Hit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/hit>.
Hit or Delete. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/hit.
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