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deleo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annihilate verb To destroy completely; to wipe out entirely.
  • delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.

Senses

deleo is used for these senses in English:

  • annihilate To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • go (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • put an end to (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.

annihilate — full definition

  1. verb To destroy completely; to wipe out entirely.
  2. verb Physics: for a particle and its antiparticle to collide and convert entirely into energy.

delete — full definition

  1. verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
  2. noun The key on a keyboard used to erase text or files.

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