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sweep out

VERB

purge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abolish absolve cleanse dismiss eradicate erase exonerate expel expunge exterminate forgive liquidate oust prevent remove wipe out

STRONG

clarify clear disabuse eject excrete expiate kill pardon purify unload wash

WEAK

depurate dispose of do away with rout out shake out wipe off map

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accuse aid allow assist bear blame build charge condemn construct create establish fix help hold incriminate institute keep plant punish sentence welcome

STRONG

dirty

WEAK

maintain

Example Sentences

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Once outside the cell, chloride ions attract water that helps tiny, hair-like cilia sweep out mucus from the airways.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

There are no jetties to sweep out the piling sediments, or buoys to mark a channel through the breakers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

The new Domestic and Sexual Offences Unit - or Daso unit - represents an attempt to sweep out the dark corners of a force with a trust problem.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

The real issue, Schrap says, is just that the shipping companies won’t take their empty containers back: “The ocean carriers need to come sweep out the empties.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021

I got to sweep out the front of the bakery behind the counter.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

sweep out

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