5
deletion(noun, obliteration)
5
erasure(noun, obliteration)
5
purge(noun, squeeze, removal, elimination, distillation)
4
cancellation(noun, obliteration)
4
catharsis(noun, refinement, removal, elimination, purification)
4
elimination(noun, removal, obliteration, expulsion)
4
purification(noun, refinement, removal, elimination, expulsion)
3
castration
3
censorship(noun, obliteration)
2
cleaning(removal, elimination, expulsion)
2
cleansing(noun, refinement, distillation, freeing, washing)
2
defecation(noun, elimination)
2
emasculation
2
eradication(noun, removal, elimination, obliteration, expulsion)
2
omission
2
purgation(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
1
abbreviation
1
ablution(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
1
abridgment
1
absolution(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
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