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The Clue
Obliteration (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASURE
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Notes
The answer ERASURE is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Definition
ERASURE as a noun:
1. a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"
2. a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
3. (expunction, expunging, erasure) = deletion by an act of expunging or erasing