cleaned (out)

past tense of clean (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned (out)
Verb
  • According to court records, between July 2024 and August 2025, the brothers and unnamed co-conspirators orchestrated an identity theft ring that defrauded SNAP programs in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and other states.
    Joe Marusak July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Still after the match controversy arose after some fans thought Haiti’s men soccer team, Les Grenadiers, were shortchanged.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
  • Capital projects — which got shortchanged in last year’s budget — would also be restored closer to levels seen in the past.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The school itself is one story and sprawling, the campus denuded of pine trees.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Cleaned (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaned%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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