MacOS – Strange folder in trash does not delete even in safe mode

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I have a very strange folder in trash that cannot be deleted, even in safe mode. It looks like this:
a/b/a/b/a/b/a/b/a/b…

"STM32NucleoPowerControl is the name of my old programming project I don't need anymore. Maybe this odd structure was generated by some crazy IDE? When I try to delete this folder, Finder says that the folder cannot be deleted because item "gcc" is in use. When I skip it, item "ARM" is in use, and so on with other files. Therefore, I have to skip all these files every time when I empty the trash. Thanks for help!

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I just had to use rm -r on the directory without root.

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