Delete and Trash

Delete

Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

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

Nearby Words: deletion, deleted, deleting, deleter

Trash verb - To criticize harshly and usually publicly.

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Delete and trash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delete" instead a verb "Trash".

Nearby Words: trashed, trashy, trashing

Case in point, she uses a spell that conjures a cursor and computer trash bin to remove and delete Pinkie Pie's mouth.

Source: Characters / Friendship Is Magic: Redeemed
This is really important Exactly What It Says on the Tin: ALL DELETE Good Samaritan: Wizarmon finds an unconscious Dorurumon, fittingly enough, among trash after he was thrown out of Yggdrasil's room like trash.

Source: Anime / Digimon X-Evolution
Here he explains why while we see a Photo Montage in a computer... complete with a delete trash can image.

Source: Manga / Muteki Kanban Musume

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