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Obliterate European force going to front (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

efface

'obliterate' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'european force going to front' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'force' becomes 'F' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'going to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'front' becomes 'face' (face is a kind of front).
'e'+'f'+'face'='EFFACE'

(Other definitions for efface that I've seen before include "Do away with" , "Delete, wipe out" , "Remove all trace of" , "Obliterate by rubbing out" , "The selling of goods in large quantities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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