Wrongly deleted bootcamp partition with discutility

I wrongly deleted the bootcamp/windows by diskutility. Now I cant get rid of the partition. I know I should have done it with bootcamp. Is there a way to do it now, after the incorect procedure??
OS X 10.10  Windows 7  Time Machine backup

Can you post the output of
diskutil list
diskutil cs list
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
Sudo commands require your password, which is not echoed back to you. You may also see a warning about improper use, and potential data loss, if abused.

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