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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def clean_strict(text, boundary=WS):
 """Super-hardcore string scrubbing."""

    # transliterate to ascii
    text = ascii_text(text)
    # replace punctuation and symbols
    text = CHARACTERS_REMOVE_RE.sub('', text)
    text = category_replace(text)
    # pad out for company type replacements
    text = ''.join((boundary, collapse_spaces(text), boundary))
    return text