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• blow away vt. To remove (files and directories) from permanent storage, generally by accident.
  He reformatted the wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose nuke....
• uke: /n[y]ook/ vt. 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
  On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem....
• blow past: vt. To {blow out} despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• uke /n[y]ook/ vt. [common] 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
  "On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem....
• ue-hacker: [analogy with `trufan' from SF fandom] n.
  One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, esp....
• GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure
  especially one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape)....
• prowler: [UNIX] n. A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase {core} file
  uncate administrative logfiles, nuke `lost+found' directories, and otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system....
• clean: 1. adj. Used of hardware or software desig
  implies `elegance in the small', that is, a design or implementation that may not hold any surprises but does things in a way that is reasonably intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the outside....
• ape: vt. 1. To {screw} someone or something, violently
  in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably....