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In this paper, a novel method, denominated as the batch version of the extensive cancellation algorithm (ECA) in the frequency domain (ECA-FB), is presented for the first time, to suppress stationary clutter and its sidelobes. Specifically, in this method, the received signal is first divided into short batches in the frequency domain to coarsen the range resolution, and then the clutter is removed over each batch via ECA. Further, to suppress the time-varying clutter, a Doppler-shifted version of ECA-FB (ECA-FBD) is proposed. Compared with the popular ECA and ECA-B methods, the proposed ECA-FB and ECA-FBD obtained superior complex clutter suppression and slow-moving target detection performance with lower computational complexity. 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