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  attempts to obliterate the country's pre-Islamic past /ɐtˈɛmpts tʊ əblˈɪtəɹˌeɪt ðə kˈʌntɹi ˈɛs pɹˈiː ɪslˈɑːmɪk pˈast/
  Versuche, die vorislamische Vergangenheit des Landes auszulöschen
   see: blot out sth., rub out sth., erase sth., efface sth., obliterate sth., blotting out, rubbing out, erasing, effacing, obliterating, blotted out, rubbed out, erased, effaced, obliterated, blot out/obliterate the memory of sth., drink a glass of water to obliterate the terrible taste it has