deletion
About 2.84 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An item that has been or will be deleted. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- noun The act of deleting.
The file contained errors that required deletion.
- noun A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
A genetic deletion caused the disorder.
- noun An act of killing or murder.
Similar words
omission cut delete erasure remove erase abolishment removing elimination removal
Often followed by
of in and is or mutants from rule mutant
Word family
deletions
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