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English to English noun
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any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases |  | source: wordnet30
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(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome | | source: wordnet30
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the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | | Example: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
source: wordnet30
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the act of deleting something written or printed | | source: wordnet30
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Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. | | source: webster1913
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