See obliterative on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1992, M. J. Whitford, Getting Rid of Graffiti, page 108:",
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"ref": "2013, Erik Flügel, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks, page 362:",
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"ref": "2015, Horatius Bonar, edited by Terry Kulakowski, The Everlasting Righteousness, page 47:",
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