sweep away

verb

swept away; sweeping away; sweeps away

: to destroy or remove (something) completely

Floods swept away several houses.

His performance today swept away any doubts about his ability to play.

Examples of sweep away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Nepal is recovering from devastating flooding in August that swept away several villages, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and nearly 6,000 others missing. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Mexican authorities were opening shelters and clearing people from beaches, while coastal residents tried to protect businesses from getting swept away. — Megan Janetsky, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

Cellulose is the physical exfoliant that sweeps away surface dead skin cells and results in those balls, while a complex of alpha hydroxy, beta hydroxy, and polyhydroxy acids helps further refine texture. — Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for sweep away

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway