Usually means: Removes characters or items selected.
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  1. Delete key, delete key: Merriam-Webster
  2. Delete key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. delete key: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. delete key: CCI Computer
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  3. Delete key: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Delete Key, Delete key: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Delete key)

noun:  The delete key (often abbreviated del) is a button on most computer keyboards which is typically used to delete either (in text mode) the character ahead of or beneath the cursor, or (in GUI mode) the currently-selected object.


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