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U+2E3A, ⸺
TWO-EM DASH

[U+2E39]
Supplemental Punctuation
[U+2E3B]

Translingual

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Etymology

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A dash two ems in width. Compare the em dash (), which is a single em in width.

Symbol

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  1. The omission dash. Replaces (part of) a word or name that is redacted or censored. The 3-em dash may be used instead when the entire word is omitted.
    • It was alleged that D⸺ had been threatened with blackmail.
    • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Major Major Major Major”, in Catch-22 [] (in English), New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 90:
      He was often tempted to join Major de Coverley, but pitching horseshoes all day long seemed almost as dull as signing 'Major Major Major' to official documents, and Major de Coverley's countenance was so forbidding that Major Major was in awe of approaching him.