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DELETE FROM `table` WHERE (whatever criteria) ORDER BY `id` LIMIT 1000
Wash, rinse, repeat until zero rows affected. Maybe in a script that sleeps for a second or three between iterations.
DELETE FROM `table` WHERE (whatever criteria) LIMIT 1000