def clean_pokemon_description(description):
    """Remove odd character sequences from the provided string.

    :param description: the description to clean.
    :return: the cleaned up description.
    """
    return (
        description.replace("\xad\n", "")
        .replace("\xad\x0c", "")
        .replace("\x0c", " ")
        .replace("-\n", "-")
        .replace("\n", " ")
    )