def replace_strings(text:str, *args:str, replace=''):
    """
    Replaces all occurrences of the second argument in the first argument with the third. 
    Default is to remove the given strings.
    
    Args: 
        text (str): string to replace from
        replace (str): string to use as replacement, defaults to string()
        *args (str): variable number of arguments
    Returns:
        text(str): string with given substrings(s) removed
    """
    for arg in args:
        text = text.replace(arg, replace)
    return text