cleaned (up)

verb

past tense of clean (up)
1
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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2
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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3
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaned (up)
  1. arranged
  2. censored
  3. eradicated
  4. picked up
  5. shortened
  6. erased
  7. ordered
  8. abolished
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  • The age restriction for chimpanzee tracking is 12 years (gorillas, 15 years); childcare can be arranged if needed.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
  • The graphic novel deal between Carlton, Deviant and Blackstone was arranged by Kimberly Whalen of The Whalen Agency.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of arranged
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  • Ana Navarro and Joy Behar were both censored on today’s episode of The View.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of censored
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  • In the 50 years since then, they have been found 38 times and successfully eradicated each time.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The health department says that the source has seemingly been eradicated.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of eradicated
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  • He was picked up from Washington on Saturday for pitcher Connelly Early.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • One of the main focuses will be the industrial gas supplier’s volumes in North America, where manufacturing activity has picked up.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of picked up
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  • Revised regulations have shortened that to a period of 45 days, giving clubs greater scope for manoeuvre.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • All told, a total of 948 regular-season games were canceled, and the 1995 season had to be shortened from 162 to 144 games.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • Mora erased a 1-0 deficit with goals in the 56th and 67th minutes, giving him 48 in 145 regular-season appearances — third most in club history.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • The Angels erased deficits of 5-1 and 6-4 behind Vaughn Grissom’s game-tying two-run homer, only to be undone by a clutch Giants defensive gem and extra-innings rally.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of erased
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  • When court resumed later in the afternoon, the judge ordered Lux to undergo a mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • As a condition of his bond, Reyes was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of ordered
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  • Under the 1866 treaty, the tribe abolished slavery and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • The Communist state was abolished in 1991, and the anti-Communist opposition swept to power in parliamentary elections a year later.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
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