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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 _backward_kill_word(text, pos):
 """" Kill the word behind pos. Word boundaries are the same as those used by _backward_word. """

    text, new_pos = _backward_word(text, pos)
    return text[:new_pos] + text[pos:], new_pos