verb
- to remove someone from one's list of friends on a social media platform
Usage: informal; chiefly used in the context of social networking sites such as Facebook
Examples
- She decided to defriend her ex-boyfriend after their breakup.
- I defriended several people who kept posting offensive content.
- He was hurt when he realized his former best friend had defriended him.
- Many users defriend accounts that spam their feeds with advertisements.
- After the argument, they defriended each other on all social media platforms.
- I'm going to defriend anyone who doesn't respect my privacy settings.