deletion
noun/dɪˈliːʃən/
Frequency rank: #10,266 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the act of removing or erasing something, such as text or data.
Example sentence
The editor's deletion of several outdated paragraphs improved the report.
Synonyms & related words
More words in ranks 10,201–10,300
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