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

Instead of holding that the voting district Louisiana legislators had generated, under court order, needed to be revised, the Court swept away the entire notion of discriminatory effects, just as Roberts had always wanted. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Tropical-system rainfall tends to last longer and to cause widespread flooding, whereas localized storms are more likely to lead to sudden flash floods that can sweep away vehicles. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Until a decade ago, scientists thought of these cilia merely as brooms that move mucus and sweep away waste particles and other debris. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

The rollers then pass over the area three times, and workers sweep away excess material. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for sweep away

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