Delete word highlighted by search

Question

I have hlsearch activated. Sometimes I search for terms I want to correct or delete via / and then selecting for the individual instance via n. Is there a command to delete the current word on which my cursor is on and which is highlighted via 'hlsearch'? I cannot use dw as sometimes the word is part of a camel case or snake case word.

Answer 1

gnd (or dgn) deletes the next occurrence of the last searched term (deleting at the cursor position if it matches the search). See :help gn.

(The hlsearch setting is irrelevant to this command.)