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cleaning out

See definition of cleaning out on Dictionary.com
  • as inruin
  • as inshake up
  • as inpauperize
  • as inclear out

synonyms for cleaning out

  • bankrupt
  • crush
  • decimate
  • demolish
  • deplete
  • exhaust
  • impoverish
  • injure
  • mar
  • overwhelm
  • raze
  • shatter
  • spoil
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • beggar
  • botch
  • break
  • bust
  • deface
  • defeat
  • defile
  • deplore
  • desecrate
  • despoil
  • devour
  • dilapidate
  • disfigure
  • drain
  • fleece
  • maim
  • mangle
  • mutilate
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • pauperize
  • pillage
  • rape
  • ravish
  • reduce
  • sack
  • smash
  • total
  • bring down
  • bring to ruin
  • clean out
  • depredate
  • do in
  • lay waste
  • make a mess of
  • spoliate
  • use up
  • wreak havoc on
On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cleaning out, such as: bankrupt, crush, decimate, demolish, deplete, and exhaust.

antonyms for cleaning out

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  • build
  • construct
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  • adorn
  • beautify
  • cure
  • protect
  • strengthen
  • develop
  • grow
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How to use cleaning out in a sentence

I finished cleaning out my desk and took a wastebasket full of papers to the back shop.
NINE MEN IN TIMENOEL MILLER LOOMIS
If I had known it was so hot I wouldn't have dreamed of undertaking so strenuous a job as cleaning out a well.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHUR
The greater number of cases have occurred accidentally to men working in sewers, or cleaning out cesspools and the like.
POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTIONALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH
Aiming at a really high-class meal, Hurley had started by actually cleaning out the cooker.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSON
The district-attorney was busy, however, on an Augean task—the cleaning out of the police stable.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?RUPERT HUGHES
As me and your new lad was cleaning out the stable-yard this morning, a young gentleman came in with a dog as was 'is exact image.
WHAT TIMMY DIDMARIE ADELAIDE BELLOC LOWNDES
Why, n-nothing extra, only some sweeping, and cleaning out the refrigerator.
MISS BILLY MARRIEDELEANOR H. PORTER
Irrigation of the bowel is an exceedingly effective way of cleaning out the poison-laden large intestine.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
Such children should have a thorough cleaning out; a dose of castor oil is probably the best cathartic to give them.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
They simply paid no attention to them, besides cleaning out the nest once in a while.
DOORYARD STORIESCLARA DILLINGHAM PIERSON
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