cancellare meaning in English — cancel, delete, erase

English meaning

cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

cancellare is used for these senses in English:

cancel (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
erase (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
erase (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
quash (legal) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
score off (transitive, separable, idiomatic) To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
strike (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
whitewash (often, politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.).

verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
verb To make something officially invalid.
verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

annullamento cancellazione cassazione obliteratore timbro postale depennare eliminare annullare invalidare cassare recidere neutralizzare