REDACT Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

redact

verb

Definition of redact

as in to delete

to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.

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Recent Examples of redact The first two were partly redacted and the third completely blacked out. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit redacts all names listed throughout the filing, but titles make clear who is being referred to. — Ben Wheeler august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026 The deceased man, whose name is redacted from a police report, was rushed to Florida HCA Aventura Hospital in neighboring Miami-Dade County, where he was pronounced dead. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 In the Guthrie case, authorities redacted a line that references how to get payment to the person or persons who sent the note, officials said. — Tom Winter, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redact

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Verb

According to the indictment, Tunick knowingly caused the contents of his Pixel to be deleted.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Taalas, a Toronto startup that AMD agreed to acquire on Thursday, attacks the problem by deleting it.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of delete

Verb

The Cubs offense quickly erased the 1-0 deficit behind four consecutive hitters reaching with two outs in the top of the second.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Reading scores of New York City public school students plummeted this past school year, erasing improvements in the subject recorded a year before, sparking calls from the teachers’ union for a change in approach.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

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