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247 months ago

andrea (a guest user) asked this question:

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247 months ago

   wrote:

to mackle

My comment:

or "to macule"

My references:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mackle

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247 months ago

   wrote:

Irrelevant. That's a printing term - blurred impression. Makulieren means pulping or shredding.

247 months ago

David Moore   wrote:

Shredded, pulped

My comment:

But if you give us the sentence in which the word appears, we might be better able to be certain of our answers....

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247 months ago

   wrote:

Yes.

247 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

to pulp

My comment:

This is specifically the deliberate pulping of books.

My references:

Any std dictionary, e.g. Collins.

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247 months ago

David Moore   wrote:

Yes, I'd go with this

247 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

(to) destroy

My comment:

...so many books were sold, remaindered, destroyed, etc....

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247 months ago

David Moore   wrote:

Destroy does not have the correct implication: books can be destroyed by accident, fire, flood ... or by vandals. Makulieren is deliberate pulping.

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247 months ago

John Kinory   wrote:

(to) destroy

My comment:

...so many books were sold, remaindered, destroyed, etc....

The asker rated this answer best