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Offscouring

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outscouringnounThat which is scoured out or washed out.
scouragenoun(obsolete) Scouting.
purgingnounThe act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
cleanoutnounAn opening or drain leading into a plumbing system to provide a location to insert a snake or other implement for cleaning.
cleanFree of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
dust-offnounThe act of removing dust from something.
erasionnounThe act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration; erasure.
exsectionnounA cutting out or away.
decrustationnounThe removal of a crust (various senses).
abscissionnounThe act or process of cutting off.
despoilmentnounThe act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
abscisionnounA cutting away.
excorticationnounThe act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
defleshingnounThe act of removing the flesh.
excisionnoun(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
removingverbremoval
offtakenounAn act of taking off; specifically, the taking away or purchase of goods.
discardingverbThe act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
removeverb(transitive) To delete.
despoilingnounSynonym of despoliation.

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