Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-delete

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
self--delete
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To commit suicide.

Intransitive verb

verb

To self-destruct.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From self- + delete.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-deletes (present, singular) self-deleting (participle, present) self-deleted (participle, past) self-deleted (past)

Phrases

self-deletion

Questions

What does self-delete mean?
To commit suicide.
Where does self-delete come from?
From self- + delete.

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