>>> I wonder if there's a way to do the same but instead of copying them
>>> to the clipboard, delete them.
>>
>> :g/pattern/d
>
> I think this will not work for the second part claimed by the comment
> in the code posted: "The pattern may extend over multiple lines."
>
> For example,
>
> abc
> def
> ghi
>
> :g/abcc\ndef/d
>
> will delete only "abc", it will not delete "def".
>
> I'm not sure how important this is to the OP...
If it is, it should be fairly possible to do it with a :s
command, something like
:%s/^abc\ndef\n//
-tim
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