1. To remove a file or folder from a computer.
2. To delete data from a file (often text or numerical data).
3. To assassinate.
1. "You don't need those text files, just delete them."
2. "Delete the last two lines of that paragraph - they aren't really necessary."
3. "That guy has pissed me off for the last time. I'm going to hire someone to delete that motherfucker."
by Steve H. June 2, 2005
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The button that only Hillary Clinton can properly use, much to everyone else's disapproval.
Clinton will be the first F president. (that was meant to say female, but someone decided to delete the emale! jajajajajaja!)
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(slang) To remove someone from your friends on any social networking website (e.g. Facebook, MySpace).
I deleted that bitch on Facebook after she told me I was a messed up faggot.
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When it comes to engines, the term "deleting" refers to the removal of one or more of the emissions control devices that the engine came with. When an emissions device is "deleted", the device and any other relevant components in question are physically removed and the engine is then re-tuned to run without said device.

"Deleting" is different from "defeating" in the sense that "deleting" refers to physically removing emissions devices, but "defeating" involves disabling emissions devices while leaving all of them in place on the engine. For example, an EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) cooler can be defeated by welding it shut in some spot or blocking it off from one or both ends by inserting a metal plate between the cooler and the exhaust or intake manifold. DPF's (Diesel Particulate Filters) can be defeated by being drilled out or by installing bypass pipes.

On Diesel engines, people who do deletes will typically remove EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) systems and DPF's (Diesel Particulate Filters), as these two systems are infamous for drastically increasing a Diesel engine's fuel consumption.
Here in Michigan we no longer have any kind of emissions testing, which means that today you can find quite a few deleted Diesel trucks, and even some cars and SUV's, running around in the state.
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1) to remove something permanently, like a paragraph of text, a file on the computer, but does not really apply to another living thing or human
2) to remove the leet out of something: likely text
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1) RIGHT: delete that sentence, it is not needed
WRONG: now that you have a gun, go delete that guy
2) Lyk OMG! LOL
deleted form: Like Oh My God! Laughing Out Loud
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Urban dictionary dickheads that delete my definitions for no fucking reason.
I am an urbandictonary dickhead that likes to suck George Bush's cock.
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When something written by an online author is removed from a forum or website
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