"Deletes" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To delete means to remove or get rid of something, often in a permanent or irreversible way. This can include destroying data or files on a computer, getting rid of something unwanted or unnecessary, or erasing a mistake.
The word "delenda" is the second person singular imperative form of the Latin verb "delere", which means "to destroy" or "to eliminate". In the context of ancient Rome, the phrase "Carthago delenda est" or "Carthage must be destroyed" was a famous slogan coined by Cato the Elder in 155 BC. It was a call to action to completely destroy the city of Carthage after the Third Punic War, in order to prevent it from posing a threat to Rome's power and security again.