defriend

/ diːˈfrɛnd /

verb

1. tr to remove (a person) from the list of one's friends on a social networking website

Example Sentences

Time to read Dorian Lynskey’s cultural biography of Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Ministry of Truth, and to defriend Siri.

From The Guardian

Allen took immediately to Facebook: “Largest mass shooting in US History and his first response is to thank himself. If you are voting for him, please defriend me. I don’t want to be friends with someone that supports this. #sorrynotsorry.”

From Washington Post

She drew the line when she caught him with someone else and had her friends defriend him on social media, with which we happily complied.

From Slate

So: Tell him goodbye, defriend him on social media, delete his number, tell his mom you’re still extremely fond of her and you’d like to schedule a catching-up lunch sometime in the far-distant future, and focus on your friends who haven’t recently broken your heart.

From Slate

I’m all for unsubscribing to newsletters... but I don’t think I’m ready to defriend nonessential friends.

From Los Angeles Times