dēleō

   dēleō ēvī (dēlērat, C.; dēlēsset, L.), ētus, ēre    [de + LI-], to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out : epistulas: cum tabulas prehendisset, digito legata delevit: Non delenda carmina, H.: tabellas, O.: tabulas, Iu.—In gen., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, overthrow, raze, extinguish : urbīs: ante Carthaginem deletam, S.: Volscum nomen, L.: sepulcrum: dispersis ac pene deletis hostibus, Cs.: copias multis proeliis: homines morte deletos: Curionem: toto animante deleto.—Fig., to finish, put an end to, extinguish, abolish, annul : bella: decreta: ad delendam priorem ignominiam, L.: morte omnia deleri: omnis improbitas delenda: operis famam, O.: leges una rogatione.— To blot put, obliterate, efface : memoriam discordiarum oblivione: suspicionem ex animo: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Cs.

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delere, delevi, deletus V TRANS

erase, wipe/scratch/remove (letters/marks), wipe/blot out, expunge, delete; annihilate/exterminate, kill every member of a group; put end to, end/abolish; destroy completely, demolish/obliterate/crush; ruin; overthrow; nullify/annul