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deletion

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
de‧le‧tion
1TD [uncountable] when you remove something from a piece of writing or from a computer's memory
deletion of
the deletion of unwanted files
2 [countable]TCN a letter or word that has been removed from a piece of writing
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