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Using a custom CSS file – hiding a button

I created a local.css file that works well with this content:

body {
    background: blue;
}

However, I want to use it to hide this button:

<button type="submit" title="Add to Cart" class="action tocart primary"><span>Add to Cart</span></button>

How do I format the CSS to hide this button?