Commentary for Avodah Zarah 106:8

ואי משום הנך דמעיקרא בביטולא בעלמא סגי להו

And [it is assumed that the reason that asherim have to be burned] is on account of those [asherim] which existed there originally, then just an annulment would have sufficed!

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