To delete a Pod in Kubernetes using kubectl, the command is kubectl delete pod <pod-name>. When a Pod is deleted, Kubernetes initiates a graceful termination by sending a SIGTERM signal to the containers, allowing them to finish their tasks and clean up within a grace period (default 30 seconds). If the containers don’t terminate within that time, Kubernetes sends a SIGKILL signal to forcefully terminate them. If the Pod is managed by a Deployment or ReplicaSet, Kubernetes will automatically create a new Pod to replace the deleted one, maintaining the desired number of replicas and ensuring continuous application availability without downtime.