def delete_place(self, place_id, sensor=False):
request_params = {'<STR_LIT>': place_id}<EOL>url, delete_response = _fetch_remote_json(<EOL>GooglePlaces.DELETE_API_URL % (str(sensor).lower(),<EOL>self.api_key), json.dumps(request_params), use_http_post=True)<EOL>_validate_response(url, delete_response)<EOL>
Deletes a place from the Google Places database.

        keyword arguments:
        place_id   -- The textual identifier that uniquely identifies this
                      Place, returned from a Place Search request.
        sensor     -- Boolean flag denoting if the location came from a device
                      using its location sensor (default False).