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clean sweep

noun as in clean slate

noun as in landslide

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Therefore, in order to make a clean sweep of the data that a company collected illicitly, it would also have to wipe out the algorithms that have ingested that data.

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Just gather all the information, do a clean sweep on your website, and fix everything.

In the 70s it went through a brief stint as an X-rated adult cinema before an upgrade and clean sweep in the early 80s.

Barring such a radical exorcism, a clean sweep is in order.

The result will force Romney to settle for a crushing win on his native turf, rather than a clean sweep.

"No—they'll try the other side now to get a clean sweep at me," said Stover.

General Thomas made a clean sweep of the artillery, capturing every piece, and taking forty-five hundred prisoners.

The woods that interfered with his cannon ranges had all been cut away, and his guns had a clean sweep of every approach.

All at once it struck me that if I really frightened him too much they might decamp without making a clean sweep.

Not that it wouldn't seem as usual, even if the gang had paid us a visit and made a clean sweep of our poor possessions.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clean sweep, such as: fresh start, clean hands, clear conscience, new beginning, square one, and tabula rasa.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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