apagar — meaning in English

English meaning

• blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
• delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
• erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
• extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
• hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
• off adv Away from a place, position, or reference point.
• quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
• scratch verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
• slake verb To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
• smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.

Senses

apagar is used for these senses in English:

• backspace (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
• blank (transitive) To make void; to erase.
• delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
• extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
• go out To be turned off or extinguished.
• hit (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
• put out To extinguish (fire).
• quench (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

blank — full definition

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

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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