verb
delete
dih-LEET/dɪˈliːt/
To remove written or recorded content.
She deletes the document by moving it to the trash.
Etymology
The underlying image is wiping writing away by smudging the wax of a writing tablet. This physical erasure became the removal of written material and, in the selected sense, recorded or stored material too.
In context
First of all, we'll first apply the initial capture data to your target because if I try to delete a record that is not yet there, I'll get an error.