deletion

[ dih-lee-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of deleting.
2. the state of being deleted.
3. a deleted word, passage, etc.
4. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deletion¹

1580–90; < Latin dēlētiōn- (stem of dēlētiō ) a destroying, equivalent to dēlēt ( us ) ( delete ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Judge Franey wrote: "The deletion on a selective basis of items from the claimant's work email account is troubling, and the wholesale deletion of the WhatsApp app and its content from her work mobile phone is unexplained."

From BBC

The deletion of comments — in which Robinson called himself a "Black Nazi," praised slavery and described an affair with his sister-in-law in graphic detail — came after CNN published an exposé linking the Republican candidate for N.C. governor to the more-than-a-decade old comments on the website Nude Africa.

From Salon

The “S31 deletion,” Topol said, is “what’s made that a kind of very pathogenic, very immune evasive variant. That S31 deletion has been studied — particularly by the Sato lab in Japan — and that’s the culprit that’s making this wave prolonged and getting into a lot of people who otherwise might have ... not gotten sick.”

From Los Angeles Times

However, monitoring of a "privacy inbox" related to the attack ended in November the same year, with no response provided to about 646 SARs and 597 requests for the deletion of personal information.

From BBC

Optogenetics for memory deletion could be something we’re faced with in another decade or two.

From Los Angeles Times