CLEANS (UP) Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

cleans (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clean (up)

as in cleans house

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 censors

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

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as in erases

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

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Shame on any educational institution that censors speech condemning it.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
In 2019, the state passed a law that censors me from saying certain things to my clients.

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025

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But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.

— Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.

— Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026

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The Schengen Area is an agreement between 29 European countries that abolishes passport controls and allows people to travel across European borders without providing documents.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Attorney Monica Restanio, whose arguments in court for the Venezuelan family were responsible for winning the ruling that abolishes the minor issue, said she was thrilled.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

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This major markdown wipes out the steep premiums on most high-tier gaming displays, allowing e-sports players and media creators to rise through the ranks with a highly fluid, ultra-clear panoramic canvas.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district.

— , FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

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Jains typically do not eat root vegetables because harvesting them destroys the whole plant and harms life-forms around it.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
How IonQ cracked error correction Since making measurements of a qubit destroys its quantum state, researchers can only gather information about their syndromes to know if the qubit has accumulated an error or not.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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