Delete vs Demolish - What's the difference?
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As a noun delete is a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer. As a verb demolish is to destroy; to destruct.
delete English
(Deletion)
Noun
( -)
- I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .
A remainder of a music or video release.
Verb
(delet)
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
(computer) To hide, conceal
Synonyms
* (to get rid of) erase, strike, terminate, cease existence, remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch
Antonyms
* (to get rid of) insert, maintain
Related terms
* deleterious
* deletion
* delible
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demolish English
Verb
( es)
To destroy; to destruct.
- They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
(figuratively) To utterly defeat.
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