Delete
Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.
Usage example: the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact
Wipe out is a synonym for delete in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Wipe out" instead a verb "Delete", when it comes to topics like erase, rub out.
Wipe out
Wipe out verb - To destroy all traces of.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- annihilate and delete
- annihilate and wipe out
- extinguish and delete
- extinguish and wipe out
- eliminate and delete
- eliminate and wipe out
- exterminate and delete
- exterminate and wipe out
- abolish and delete
- abolish and wipe out
- cancel and delete
- cancel and wipe out
- destroy and delete
- destroy and wipe out
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Wipe out and Delete. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/wipe_out
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