CLEANED (UP) Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

cleaned (up)

verb

past tense of clean (up)

as in tidied (up)

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom

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as in censored

to remove objectionable parts from cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper

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as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen

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The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.

— Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
The floorplan is arranged with a clear separation between the living areas and private sleeping quarters of the home.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

Definition of arranged

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In China, state media has covered the cases comprehensively, but wider discussion about the prosecutions on Chinese-language social media like Rednote has been partially censored.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Like many women writers of the nineteenth century, she was censored and later forgotten.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of censored

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But before the thylacine was fully eradicated, 13 pups of the marsupial species were preserved in alcohol.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Racist chanting in grounds has been heard since the 1960s and though less common now, it has not been eradicated, as recent examples of the abuse of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior show.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of eradicated

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The warning sign against Japan came when Casemiro picked up a yellow card in the 14th minute for a clumsy foul on the edge of the area.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
In one clip from his phone, Kraus was picked up and driven to his hotel by a group of Boston locals.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of picked up

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The Paris Court of Appeals on Tuesday shortened the ban on running for office to 45 months, with 30 of those suspended and the remaining 15 months backdated to her March 2025 sentence.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
For some growers, the recent heat also has shortened the harvest window for certain specialty crops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of shortened

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Workers were ordered to evacuate, along with occupants in nine surrounding buildings, including a private school, a Westin hotel, and the Israeli consulate.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 July 2026
And Alibaba has ordered its employees to stop using Anthropic tools for work starting July 10, CNBC confirmed on Monday.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of ordered

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In 2014, Pope Francis abolished the future use of the monsignor title — which denotes a specific honor — for most priests.

— Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
Beijing eventually increased the limit to two children in 2015, then abolished the policy entirely in 2021.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 July 2026

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