* When deleting an object with `--grace-period=0`, the client will begin a graceful deletion and wait until the resource is fully deleted.  To force deletion, use the `--force` flag. ([#37263](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37263), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

### Apps

- Added deleting pods created by `DaemonSet` assigned to not existing nodes. ([#73401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73401), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

    * `kubectl delete node/<nodeName>`
    * or grant self-deletion permission explicitly:
        * `kubectl create clusterrole self-deleting-nodes --verb=delete --resource=nodes`
        * `kubectl create clusterrolebinding self-deleting-nodes --clusterrole=self-deleting-nodes --group=system:nodes`

    * or grant self-deletion permission explicitly:
        * `kubectl create clusterrole self-deleting-nodes --verb=delete --resource=nodes`
        * `kubectl create clusterrolebinding self-deleting-nodes --clusterrole=self-deleting-nodes --group=system:nodes`

- When deleting objects using kubectl with the --force flag, you are no longer required to also specify --grace-period=0. ([#87776](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87776), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley)) [SIG CLI]

*   Problems deleting local static pods have been resolved. ([#48339](https://github.com/kubern...

- Introduced support for using an implicit extended resource name derived from the device class...

* Fixes a performance issue ([#51899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51899)) identified in large-scale clusters when deleting thousands of pods simultaneously across hundreds of nodes, by actively removing containers of deleted pods, rather than waiting for periodic garbage collection and batching resulting pod API deletion requests. ([#53233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53233), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

* Tolerate missing watch permission when deleting a resource ([#65370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65370), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
* Prevents a `kubectl delete` hang when deleting controller managed lists ([#65367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65367), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* Fixed potential deadlock when deleting CustomResourceDefinition for custom resources with finalizers. ([#60542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60542), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))