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make clear

VERB

clear the air

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clarify decipher define elucidate explain interpret make plain shed light on show simplify solve spell out

VERB

decipher

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analyze break down decode deduce elucidate interpret solve translate unravel

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break cipher construe crack disentangle encipher explain expound read render reveal spell unfold

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bring out dope out find the key make out puzzle out unriddle

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conceal confuse fix hide mend obscure suppress

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code encode scramble

VERB

decode

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clear up figure out interpret solve translate unravel unscramble untangle

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break crack decrypt read

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crack the code find the solution unriddle work out

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question tangle

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fix mend

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demonstrate

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confirm describe express teach testify to

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debunk proclaim

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give for instance ostend set forth show how walk one through

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conceal confuse distort falsify hide misrepresent

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describe

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call characterize chronicle construe define depict detail express illustrate interpret label name outline portray recount report represent specify tell term

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communicate delineate distinguish draw elucidate epitomize exemplify explicate expound illuminate image impart limn narrate paint particularize picture recite rehearse relate sketch state trace transmit

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convey image make apparent make sense of make vivid mark out write up

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conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

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cloud complicate mystify obscure

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misrepresent mix up

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display

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advertise boast demonstrate disclose emblazon exhibit expose feature flash flaunt illustrate open perform present promote publish represent reveal unveil

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arrange bare betray brandish evidence evince expand extend flourish glaze grandstand impart manifest model parade promulgate showcase sport uncover unfold unfurl unmask unroll vamp

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bring to view lay bare lay out make known open out set out show off spread out stretch out trot out

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conceal cover hide refrain withhold

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abridge contract keep lessen lower shorten shrink

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secrete

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emphasize

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accentuate affirm assert highlight indicate maintain point out reiterate repeat underline underscore

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accent articulate charge dramatize enlarge enunciate headline hit impress italicize mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate spotlight weight

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bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make emphatic make much of play up point up put accent on rub in

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deny

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lose mumble

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depreciate forget ignore play down understate

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exhibit

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advertise demonstrate display evince express feature flaunt illustrate indicate manifest reveal show

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air brandish disclose disport evidence expose flash mark offer parade proclaim showcase

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let it all hang out make plain ostend parade wares roll out show and tell show off strut stuff trot out wave around

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conceal cover hide obscure withhold

VERB

explicate

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amplify elucidate expound untangle

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construe demonstrate develop dilate enucleate expatiate explain illustrate interpret unfold

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clear up enlarge upon give the big picture make explicit make plain run down spell out tell why work out

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compress conceal confuse hide lessen obscure stop

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cloud complicate mystify tangle

VERB

get across

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bring home convey impart pass on

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get through to make understood put over transmit

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keep

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miscommunicate

VERB

illustrate

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clarify delineate depict embody emphasize epitomize exhibit explain expose highlight illuminate interpret lay out manifest mark mirror personify point up portray represent reveal spotlight symbolize typify

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allegorize clear disclose elucidate evidence evince expound imitate instance picture proclaim show vivify

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bring home clear up draw a picture emblematize get across get over limelight make plain ostend show and tell

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complicate conceal confuse cover hide obscure save

VERB

italicize

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accent accentuate affirm articulate assert charge dramatize enlarge enunciate feature headline highlight hit impress indicate maintain mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate reiterate repeat spotlight stress underline underscore weight

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bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make emphatic make much of play up point out point up put accent on rub in

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conceal deny hide ignore lose mumble neglect reduce

VERB

look

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express show sound

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display evidence exhibit indicate manifest present resemble

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look like strike as

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conceal contradict cover hide withhold

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avoid disregard dodge ignore miss overlook

VERB

refine

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civilize clarify cultivate hone improve

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better elevate explain round sleek slick smooth temper

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aggravate agitate upset

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corrupt damage dirty pollute ruin

VERB

simplify

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clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

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abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

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boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up cut the frills draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make perfectly clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out

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grow increase

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be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

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complicate make difficult

VERB

translate

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convert decipher put render spell out transcribe turn

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construe decode elucidate explicate gloss paraphrase reword simplify transliterate transpose

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do into metaphrase

Antonyms

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remove take

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complicate confuse mystify obscure

WEAK

stagnate

Example Sentences

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They make clear why Duchamp, a master chess player, retreated from the challenges of modern painting into the safer, cooler terrain—the anti-art gamesmanship—of the Readymade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The data did not make clear if or how often the council paid higher fines for late payment over all of the five years.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Draft documents from the NPT Review Conference make clear these growing concerns.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

The official statement also did not make clear how many years remain in Suu Kyi's sentence.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

And it’s helpful to make clear why it’s you who will be discussing them.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

make clear

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